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RedHat 7.3 beta (skipjack) is out

Posted by HeUnique on from the read-the-release-notes dept.

Just saw in Red Hat's FTP's - Redhat 7.3 (codename:skipjack) is available for download. There aren't lots of changes there, but you'll find that RedHat 7.3 comes with KDE 3.0 (rc3 is on this beta), you'll need to remove the Ximian Gnome before upgrade, and in general - read the release notes before testing this release. As always, don't try it on your main Linux partition, and use the mirrors. Annoucment is here (thanks to Linux Weekly News)

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  1. maybe I missed something by jmallett · · Score: -1, Troll

    but how is a beta of RedHat Linux front-page worthy again?

  2. Too bad by Kizzle · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad you need this for a full install.

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  3. Important: does it support Beowulf clustering? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    see subject.

    thanks in advance.

  4. Re:How to remove Ximian Gnome ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sure, just go to the Start Menu, select "Settings", then "Control Panel", then "Add/Remove Programs"...

    Oh, I forgot, this is Unix, and uninstall script compliance is spotty to non-existent.

    And people wonder why Bill Gates is laughing all the way to the bank. When the Linux community wakes up and realizes that the desktop will never accept Linux on technical jargon alone but instead will require it to be at least as user friendly and Windows, then perhaps progress will be made.

    In the meantime, all you Linux zealots out there keep blathering on about how superior Linux is and how it's going to take over the desktop "any day now". I hear pigs are growing wings, too.