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Re: [TCLUG:269] EARLY release of Redhat



Quoting Robert A. Hayden (rhayden@means.net):
> On Wed, 27 May 1998, Brad DeJong wrote:
> 
> > On a related note, Infoworld's 5/25 issue has a nice review of Red Hat   
> > 5.1.  Features that they mention include a choice from 7 languages for   
> > the install, DHCP network install option (autodetects IP address, ... if   
> > your network has a DHCP server), Disk Druid works more smoothly, and X   
> > graphics card auto-detect is improved.
> 
> Yea, but is it better than 4.2?  I avoided 5.0 because it was basicly
> nothing but problems compared to the stability of the previous 4.2
> version.

I have to strongly disagree with this statement. 5.0 has been rock
solid for me and with introduction of glibc the move is well worth it.

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