[olug] Good starting point? [Was: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade question]

[Timothy G. O'Brien]

What would be a good starting point for a newbie then?  NOT to start a version war here, but some pointers to a good version to initiate myself into installing Linux.



"Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net> wrote:

>trust me, I know what you mean exactly... specifically a company by the name
>of dialogic, but from the aptitude of the questions being asked, I could
>tell that we are not talking about a corporate user, rather an enthusiast,
>which is why I asked the question. my real point was that RH6.2 is not a
>real good starting point for a first, or near to first time user.
>
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nick Walter" <waltern at iivip.com>
>To: <olug at bstc.net>
>Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 8:27 PM
>Subject: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade question
>
>
>I still use Red Hat 6.2 quite extensively, but I use Linux in a different
>context than most of the members of this list I imagine.
>
>I'm a sysadmin for a company that has been phasing out Unixware 2.X.X in our
>servers and products and replacing it with Red Hat.  Because of driver
>availability and development cycle time for products,  we have to pick an
>O/S and version and stick with it for several years at a time.  We last
>standardized 9 months ago, on Red Hat 6.2.  Now our telephony products will
>probably be shipping with Red Hat 6.2 for the next few years :)
>
>The moral of the story is that in the corporate world there a lot of people
>who aren't using the latest and greatest (and possibly unstable or quirky)
>versions of Linux.
>
>Nick Walter
>Interact Incorporated
>
>----- Original Message -----
>  From: Brian Roberson
>  To: olug at bstc.net
>  Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 7:28 PM
>  Subject: Re: [olug] Red Hat upgrade question
>
>
>  > I wasn't able to find a modules image.  I looked on the ftp site that I
>plan on using, and also on my current 6.2 cd.  Neither had the image that >
>you mentioned.  The closet that I came was a driver.img.  Same thing?
>
>  yes, checkout the README in that same directory. redhat 6.2 is rather old,
>why may I ask are you using it?
>
>    >> have you tried to autodetect the nic?
>    > No I have not.  How do I do that?
>  dont go into "expert" mode and It will do it for you automatically
>
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