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Re: Upgrading to Redhat 5.2 - a couple questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Peterson)
Fri Nov 6 07:22:41 1998
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 07:20:27 -0500
From: Pete Peterson <rep@genrad.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
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CC: "Jim Snyder" <jsnyder@davis.com>
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> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 15:08:40 -0800
> From: "Jim Snyder" <jsnyder@davis.com>
> To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
> Subject: Upgrading to Redhat 5.2 - a couple questions
> Is it worth it to upgrade to the latest 5.2?
Haven't done it yet, so I can't say. I plan to install it first on a
machine that's still running 5.0, check out BIND 8.x, and if all goes well,
update several other machines.
> Is it a free download to upgrade if I just purchased 5.1 in June?
It's a free download even if you NEVER PURCHASED ANYTHING (well, you *do*
have to have purchased a computer, I guess).
> Is there an rpm for the RH 5.2 upgrade or is it better just to purchase the
> new CD from RH?
There is not *AN* rpm; there is a 5.2 equivalent of what's on your 5.1 CD.
You can do install/upgrades over the net, from a CD, from copies on a local
machine, ... If you don't have a high speed network connection, you
probably ought to go for the CD --- I think it's easier that way anyhow,
even though I have a cable modem (1.5 Mb/sec download) at home and a good
Internet connection at work.
Note that you can buy the RedHat CDs from a bunch of places without buying
the whole boxed set. They're CHEAP. Linux Mall (www.linuxmall.com), for
instance, sells them and they also sell the boxed sets for less than what
RedHat charges if you buy direct. I like to buy at least one copy of the
boxed set, so I get a nice compact printed manual and because I think
people like RedHat who make these distributions and updates/bugfixes
available deserve our support, especially since it's not exactly a
bank-breaking purchase. On the other hand, forget the "advantage" of the
RedHat support that you get when you buy the bosed set. RedHat "support"
is a myth and you're far better off getting help from the mailing lists.
I forgot to mention that the 5.2 manual is available on the web site, so if
you don't care about having a nice compact printed manual, you can download
it and either print it or use the html version with a browser.
> This may be the wrong list to ask but: I recently received an offer from
> SUSE for their latest version and upgrade to my Applixware. Does anyone have
> any comments or experience with this version and company? I noticed that
> they had an X-server for my Rendition chip set video card which I had to set
> aside for a S3 Virge when I loaded RH 5.1 and XFree86. I'm using it
> currently with a NT 4.0 machine.
SUSE makes there X servers available to anybody. You can (and loads of
people do) use the SUSE X servers with RedHat Linux.
The SUSE distribution seems to enjoy a good reputation, but has a much
smaller user community than RedHat, so you won't find as much help with
distribution-specific problems as you will from RedHat users. I don't know
what kind of support you get directly from SUSE.
> This may sound a little crazy but, I would like to check out SUSE and get my
> Applixware upgrade, then load it up on one machine and network my 3 machines
> with SUSE, RH 5.2, and NT 4.0 for more Linux and networking experience. Any
> comments or suggestions?
I personally wouldn't like to have to keep track of two different vendors'
distributions. They're enough alike and enough different to make it
confusing. It's also more of a hassle when bugfixes, patches and minor
upgrades come along and you're trying to keep multiple flavors of
distribution up to date. Linux Mall appears to charge $90 for the latest
Applixware. I think I saw the SUSE offer and as I recall, their bundle
including both their latest version and the Applixware was about the same
price, so if you want the latest Applixware, you could consider that the
SUSE distribution doesn't cost you anything. You might think about
installing the two distribs, seeing which one you like best, and then
putting that on both machines. ... on the other hand, maybe you like
"challenges" associated with keeping track of multiple distribs. :-)
If you're networking with NT, make sure you run Samba and check out smbfs,
so you can share drives in both directions. smbfs is very nice --- I wish
there were a Solaris version that I could install on our Sparcs at work.
pete peterson
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