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Red Hat Linux 7.3 Released
qurob was the first of many readers to submit
that Red Hat 7.3 has been released.
Press release doesn't contain any surprises, just lists a bunch of stuff thats
included with the dist. (Evolution, Mozilla, Apache). So go find a mirror if
you're a Red Hat runner. Update: 05/06 14:05 GMT by T : christooley helpfully points out this list of mirrors.
Just because slasdhot's readers mainly use linux doesn't mean that we need to almost facetiously notify readers of all the patches et etc.
;)
I mean, most people would complain, wouldn't they, if slashdot ran a headline "Microsoft releases Windows update--adds minro functionality change and stability" or "Apple release new MacOS X change. Nothing much new". Just because its "news for nerds" doesn't mean the editors should ignore the "stuff that matters" part.
The vast majority of people who read slashdot are probably more interested in things like NASA, copyright law developments, et etc. It might be nice if there were a slashdot page specifically for linux kernel, distro, et etc updates. ala apple.slashdot.org, perhaps.
Just a thought (not a flame.)
Oh, and BTW, I'm going to download 7.3 now
...and when my man comes home from a tough day at the office, he wants Stove Top Stuffing. Stove Top; no other stuffing will do.
This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it. - Dorothy Parker
Ick! We all know that this would be determental to Linux. Productivity is something we choose to leave for Microsoft to handle. We may not actually get anything done, but damnit, I've got the source! That's what matters, right?
scott
Actually, I believe Slashdot did run a story on the release of a minor revision to a Windows operating system... You may have seen it - it was the announcement for the release of Windows XP!!!
:-)
Perhaps you have heard of it otherwise referenced as Windows NT 5.1!
In fact, IIRC, Microsoft - not to mention the majority of tech the world - made quite a huge commotion about the release of this new OS. And despite the XP operating system being touted as a revolutionary new step in computing, it still only garnished enough pull within the closed ranks of the windows developer community to qualify for an increment of the minor revision to the Windows version...
But hey, that's just Microsoft...why would we - a technically knowledgeable, primarily Linux community - get excited over a minor revision to the Red Hat Linux. After all, it is only one of the most stable - not to mention commercial - distros currently in existence!
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. -- Benjamin Franklin
I don't know if that's from an FTP or HTTP server, but in doing so you're probably limiting the number of people who can download the isos from RHN, since a lot of FTP servers have a limit on the number of concurrent connections (that's especially true for anonymous connections, but also to a lesser extent for authenticated connections). Those people have paid the same thing as you: why would you prevent them from getting it? One at the time would be better for everybody, and it might not even take you more time (since with all of them, you're maxing out your cable-modem, with one you should be able to also)!
(Saying this from a DSL line with 3 concurrent downloads from a single mirror... bad me! Bad)