[ale] Looking For Constructive Help

[Thompson Freeman]

Two comments, not very usefull I'm afraid. Still...

I put RH7.0 on a spare partition of a RH6.2 machine to compare them
recently. Except for the X server, which had problems, I have yet to
discover any real drawbacks to 7.0. I do have problems with the
distribution, mostly due to changing file locations to conform with the
file standard (which is mentioned in the docs), but that is probably _my_
problem, not RH's. Thus, if you don't mind spending whatever you want, I'd
give 7.0 a shot (especially since you don't need to unlearn somethings to
achieve comfort!)

The other: My own style of getting new skills tends to be "start, screw
up, punt, lose everything, start over" repeated as necessary. If you work
that way, setting yourself up with a second machine (or at least dual
boot from two disks) may be a good use of resources. YMMV of course.


On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Ryan Koutch wrote:

>     Hey y'all.  I've been 'dabbling' with linux off and on for a year or
> two now and want to get into converting 100%.  I am looking for advice
> on an AGP card as well as a sound card.  The rest of the system is set
> to go.  My ultimate goal would be to have vmware running with this to
> help ease the transition.  The m/b is based on the 440 bx set, so the
> AGP card would probably need to be an older version ( correct me if I am
> wrong ).  This setup is currently a PII 450 w 128 mb's.  Will that be
> enough to run vmware successfully or should this be upgraded to 256
> mb's?  Hard drives are not an issue.
>     My next question is this.  I have a copy of RH 5.2  I saw in the
> stores that RH 7.x is out now.  Has anyone had any experience with
> version 7?  Unfortunately, I only have modem access to the Internet, so
> to d/l the images is out of the question.
>     I read the how-to's at ldp as well as redhat but they don't seem to
> be current.
>     I wouldn't mind some pointers to 'newbie' sites or other helpful
> links.  Doing the research doesn't bother me, I just don't where to
> start.  This seems to become overwhelming at times.
> 
>     TIA,
> 
>     Ryan
> 
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