Re: LINUX basics

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Anderson <janders@...>
>
> Tim Goldstein wrote:
>
> > Maybe a better idea is to pick up the boxed version
> > of RedHat 5.2 while you can still find it
>
> Costco had RedHat 5.2 by McMillan Publishing for $29 as of a week or so
> ago. Been thumbing through the book, this version is NOT supported by
> RedHat, but rather by McMillan. So far, I don't see where this is
> anything more than a licensing issue but can't say for sure.
>
> Jon

As far as I am aware, the only difference between a boxed set put out by
RedHat and a RedHat boxed set supplied by another vendor is the book you get
and that the one supplied by RedHat directly comes with e-mail installation
support that I have not found to be particularly responsive and only deals
with plain vanilla installs. So, if the book is decent and walks you through
the install as well as the book included in the "official" RedHat set and
the kernel it is using is the 2.0.36-7 then it is every bit as good as the
'official" set.


Tim
[Denver, CO]