I have a Red Hat 5.2 and thought it would be a good
place to learn start learning Linux.
However, many people have been telling me to
upgrade to a more recent version.
Is there any benefit to learning Linux on an older
version?
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this is only my opinion and you know what they say about opinions...But.I
believe its always better to start with something current, that way your not
playing catch up all the time.
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Hi Everyone,
If anyone can give me any suggestions, that would
be great.
I'm trying to setup my network on Redhat 5.2. My
NIC is a PCI Ethernet D-Link DFE-530TX. It seems as if my NIC is not
being recognized by Linux. People recommended I use the "tulip" module. During
the installation of
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:33:37AM -1000, demon_jr808 wrote:
I have a Red Hat 5.2 and thought it would be a good place to
learn start learning Linux.
If you are learning, then starting with something current will
at least improve your chances of getting all your hardware
recognized during
Aloha,
I have to disagree with everyone here. There is nothing wrong with using
an old version of Linux to learn. The problem you will have with an old
version of linux is hardware support. You have to use old hardware. Once
you get past that it depends on how much you already know. If you
demon_jr808 wrote:
I used Partition Magic to move my WINXP partition above the 1024
cylinder, which left me with enough space to install Redhat.
Recent versions of Linux no longer have the 1024 cylinder restriction.
Any computer that can run WinXP can have Linux entirely above 1024
Thanks for the links Warren!
I was looking to download Redhat 8, but even with RoadRunner it would take
around 5 hours + per disk.
Thanks again.
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That's usually not true, and if it were, just leave it on overnight. I
remember in the dorms at USC, I once downloaded 2 linux CDs
simultaneously in 10 minutes total. Of course, that was at a good
1.3MB/s. To Warren's local sites, you can probably get nearly 300K/s,
which is probably enough to
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