"I know many people who bought Macmillan's RedHat 5.2 thinking they were buying the "New version of Red Hat" (6.0 at the time)."
In my hand I hold the box for this very product. Oh look! In big letters! 5.2!
Macmillan is doing exactly what cheapbytes is doing -- except they add several THOUSAND pages of linux reference materials, and a support agreement through LinuxCare. Doesn't sound like that bad a deal now, does it!
I've got Macmillan's redhat 5.2 package, and their more recent 6.0 package.
Neither one of these is branded as "Macmillan linux" The 5.2 one is branded as "RedHat Linux 5.2" and the Mandrake (6.0) version is branded as "The complete Linux."
I see Macmillan as one step above cheapbytes since you do get some extras, etc. (I've also bought many a disc from CB.)
I think I'll take the new RedHat 6.1, set it all up the way I use it, and then repackage it as "ReHeatd Linux" -- then I'll get macmillan to sell it with the catch phrase "All of John's favorite links, games, and utilities! In one easy package!"
I love how the "Windows 2000 install went without a hitch" comment gets buried.... i run rh6/win2k rc2 on my p2-366 laptop. yes, win2k took 35 mins to install. yes, mandrake took like 12 minutes. big deal. 'my install is quicker than yours' -:P
I've been running win2k betas as part of my job for about 6 months now. I'm currently at rc1, and will move to rc2 this weekend. RC1 installed in 40 minutes on my p2-366 laptop, and all hardware was detected correctly. In an average day the laptop is used 10 hours, and has only crashed in rc1 2 times since installation. USB works flawlessly, and the entire machine runs as fast or FASTER than NT 4 on this hardware. (it also dual boots win2k w/NTFS and mandrake 6.1)
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"I know many people who bought Macmillan's RedHat 5.2 thinking they were buying the "New version of Red Hat" (6.0 at the time)."
In my hand I hold the box for this very product. Oh look! In big letters! 5.2!
Macmillan is doing exactly what cheapbytes is doing -- except they add several THOUSAND pages of linux reference materials, and a support agreement through LinuxCare. Doesn't sound like that bad a deal now, does it!
I've got Macmillan's redhat 5.2 package, and their more recent 6.0 package.
Neither one of these is branded as "Macmillan linux" The 5.2 one is branded as "RedHat Linux 5.2" and the Mandrake (6.0) version is branded as "The complete Linux."
I see Macmillan as one step above cheapbytes since you do get some extras, etc. (I've also bought many a disc from CB.)
I think I'll take the new RedHat 6.1, set it all up the way I use it, and then repackage it as "ReHeatd Linux" -- then I'll get macmillan to sell it with the catch phrase "All of John's favorite links, games, and utilities! In one easy package!"
MacMillan farms out their support to "linuxcare."
I love how the "Windows 2000 install went without a hitch" comment gets buried.... i run rh6/win2k rc2 on my p2-366 laptop. yes, win2k took 35 mins to install. yes, mandrake took like 12 minutes. big deal. 'my install is quicker than yours' - :P
I've been running win2k betas as part of my job for about 6 months now. I'm currently at rc1, and will move to rc2 this weekend. RC1 installed in 40 minutes on my p2-366 laptop, and all hardware was detected correctly. In an average day the laptop is used 10 hours, and has only crashed in rc1 2 times since installation. USB works flawlessly, and the entire machine runs as fast or FASTER than NT 4 on this hardware. (it also dual boots win2k w/NTFS and mandrake 6.1)
I know there are a lot more... but I figured I'd kick off the list.