Re: LINUX basics

> From: Peter Ellis <peter.ellis@...>
>
> I've got the Redhat 5.1 boxed set and a magazine cover 5.2 CD. Are
> there a lot of differences between the two? How valid will the 5.1
> manual be, please? (While we too have Costco in the UK, my nearest
> one is too far to be much use and I usually use the one in Liverpool
> when I go up there)

5.1 is almost definitely NOT the 2.0.36 kernel - it might be about 2.0.34,
I think. If you don't need real time, it's a very small difference in a few
things deep in the system. But, of course, the real time patches ARE
deep in the kernel. If you have a good internet access, you can download
a kernel upgrade package in a few minutes. If you have a slow modem,
you will not want to try that. The upgrades are on the Red Hat web site,
among others. The manuals, however, have very little change.

> BTW, I'm sure I saw Redhat 6.0 in a shop this morning. The numbers
> seem to have shot up very quickly.

Yes, they are hacking all sorts of new stuff into the kernel and some
layered pieces, like the X windows stuff.

Jon