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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Wed Oct 30 21:33:33 1996
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 21:31:24 -0500
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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It seems to me from reading this list, that, despite all good efforts
and good intentions, RH 4.0 sets a hard road to mount. I am now running
3.0.3 very stably and very happily. I will probably wait (as others have
indicated) a bit more before I try to move up to 4.0.
So, it is a bit unfortunate that
1. the old kernel upgrade info for putting 2.0.x on 3.0.3 has
disappeared from the RH web site.
2. The 3.0.3 manual seems no longer available. (If it is available, I
haven't been able to find it.)
Others have put up 3.0.3 for ftp downloads and this works OK for
experienced users, but it leaves new users who can't quite make it with
4.0 in the lurch.
Once again, I suggest that there be a somewhat delayed upgrade strategy
in which both 3.0.3 and 4.0 are available, including the manuals. Let
both be for sale, and let new purchasers decide what they want.
You could even say that you 'no longer provide support for 3.0.3 and
users work at their own risk on their own resources' or some such
thing.
Just my $0.02 (in the hope of promoting RH and making it *the* standard
Linux distribution.)
-sen
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