New Red Hat Linux Beta: Severn

Posted by Hemos on Monday July 21, 2003 @03:01AM from the coming-at-you dept.

JofCoRe writes "Just got a message from the redhat watch list today, announcing the availability of a new beta, called "Severn". Some snippets from the announcement: What's its development status? "It doesn't seem too horrendously in flux. Difficult at this moment to make a specific diagnosis." Among other things, SEVERN has: a new graphical boot, GCC 3.3, an updated 2.4.21 kernel, updated Evolution and Mozilla, More information about the beta can be found at rhl.redhat.com. And the Release notes are found here. Looks like they have it currently labeled as v9.0.93." Update: 07/21 15:11 GMT by H : It's 3.2.3 GCC, not 3.3, as I had above.

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Seven? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-21 03:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Didn't RedHat 7 get released already? I am so confused.
I can see the support calls now... by jazman · 2003-07-21 03:51 · Score: 5, Funny

So what version of Red Hat are you using?
Severn.
Seven?
No, Severn.
You need 9.
I am using 9.
You said Seven!
No, I said Severn. Severn is a version of Nine.
Click.

What's the next version going to be called - Sicks? Hey chaps, here are some more great ideas for names: Fayiv, Fower, Thur-hee, Tahoo, Wun, Zilch, Miner Swan.
1. Re:I can see the support calls now... by Chester+K · 2003-07-21 04:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  No, I said Severn. Severn is a version of Nine.
  
  It's a marketing ploy, pure and simple. What geek wouldn't want to "beta test" Severn of Nine?
  
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