[ILUG] First Post (from a newbie Red Hat user)

[Chris Higgins]

> On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Chris Higgins wrote:
> 
> > My first reaction was to query the jump from 5.2 to 6, and I'm wondering
> > why you aren't looking at Redhat 7.2 (if you are planning on staying with
> > Redhat) - are you resource constrained on the laptop ?
> 
> hmmm, unless something big happened in the couple of hours before this
> maintenance window, Red Hat 7.2 isn't out yet...

7.2 is close, (or so it seems).. 

If I was planning an upgrade, I'd be asking the question... 6.2 / 7.1 or
wait for 7.2

My decision would be based on where 7.2 is going... and if that suits my
needs..

I hate getting around to doing an upgrade on something application,
and then finding out the following morning that a new version has
just been released.

Moving to 7.1 or 6.2 and hearing two days later that 7.2 is out and
has better support for all the hardware you have is a real pain..
Especially if you've just been through the pain of tweaking the
upgraded version to suit..

> However, I would recommend 6.2 over 6.0 or 6.1.
> In fact, for most purposes I'd recommend 6.2 over 7.1 - that will probably
> change to 7.2 as soon as it's out though...

I've a server upgrade to do (well actually, 4 of them), and while I run 
Mandrake
on my laptop, I use Redhat on my servers... 

I'm holding off the upgrade until 7.2 is out, and then I'll jump first with
the test server and if I'm happy with that, rollout to the production servers
after that.

But - yea, 7.2 isn't out yet :-) I shoulda been clearer - my fault.

PS: Anyone hear about the plans that the dept. of Agriculture have
to open trade agreements with the Taliban and Usama Bin Laden ?
We're seemingly going to ship them a couple of hundred tonnes of processed
sheep... Someone in Kabul last week was at a Taliban dinner, and
was heard to comment on the food 'his lamb is bad', so the dept 
see a large untapped market with quality Irish lamb.


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