Seawolf -> Fedora?
by Kevin Weslowski
Hi everyone,
my apologies if I sound like a newbie...I just came from the RH 7.1 Seawolf mailing list. I found out today that my 7.1 and, I guess, all RHL is being discontinued and split into Enterprise and Fedora...so here I am...a little flustered, but here.
Just a couple questions I have for this group...I am on a demo subscription for RHN for RH 7.1
Does Fedora maintain errata/updates in the same way (i.e. using up2date)? Do I keep my RHN subscription?
The docs I've read haven't really been too clear about this...
How different will using Fedora be from RH 7.1, from a server point of view?
Thanks for your help, as I'm trying to decide which Linux platform to migrate to...
Kevin
20 years, 5 months
Updated ISO images?
by Don
I got the ISO images for FCT3 and installed it on two machines....
The laptop install went "OK", but the update utility doesn't work, it hangs during checking dependencies etc.
The desktop install fails miserably.... choking big time with rpmdb fatal errors during the package install.
Question is... are there newer ISO images I can d/l and try again?
Thanks,
Don
20 years, 5 months
RE: So what if RH recommends using Windows?
by Patrick
Yes, you're right!
Sorry for filling up.
PatrickM
--- On Tue 11/04, Razvan Corneliu C.R. "d3vi1" VILT < razvan.vilt(a)linux360.ro > wrote:
From: Razvan Corneliu C.R. "d3vi1" VILT [mailto: razvan.vilt(a)linux360.ro]
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2003 23:49:48 +0200
Subject: So what if RH recommends using Windows?
>If that is their marketing policy (no-matter how strange
>or self-destructive). I should remind all of you that this
>list is not for discussing it. Recommend RedHat to create a
>new one for this. I'm sick of having my INBOX filled with
>300+ mails in only a few hours... Stick to the point guys...
>
>Instead of beta-testing fedora core 1 you start asking all kind
>of philosophical questions regarding their marketing...
>We need beta-testers and hackers to help the final 1.0 release
>be out as soon as possible, not "politicians".
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20 years, 5 months
So what if RH recommends using Windows?
by Razvan Corneliu C.R. "d3vi1" VILT
If that is their marketing policy (no-matter how strange or
self-destructive). I should remind all of you that this list is not for
discussing it. Recommend RedHat to create a new one for this.
I'm sick of having my INBOX filled with 300+ mails in only a few
hours... Stick to the point guys...
Instead of beta-testing fedora core 1 you start asking all kind of
philosophical questions regarding their marketing... We need
beta-testers and hackers to help the final 1.0 release be out as soon as
possible, not "politicians". I agree that the declaration was at least
odd, but I think that the article at ZDnet took it out of context.
Some others also discussed "UNIX is dead" as said by Gus Robertson,
vice-president South Asia Pacific Operations of Red Hat. It's their call
what they do... All we should do on this mail-list is report
experiences/bug/fixes for Fedora Core 1
20 years, 5 months
Re: RH recommends using Windows?
by Patrick
--- On Tue 11/04, Matthias Saou < matthias(a)rpmforge.net > wrote:
From: Matthias Saou [mailto: matthias(a)rpmforge.net]
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 18:02:13 +0100
Subject: Re: RH recommends using Windows?
>I agree, although not completely : Getting help easily is great.
>Sharing knowledge is fantastic. But being easily stuck with your computer if
>you don't know where to get help or if none is available at that very
>moment isn't something that should happen.
And if a newbie is asking for help (let's say at a newsgroup) al he gets is "GOOGLE!"..... instead of good advice/help. And then Windows is handy, simple click and it goes...
>From a newbie's view: Linux is all about "one big Linux family"... Isn't it?
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Re: RH recommends using Windows?
by Patrick
Amen!
RH saying that really makes Bill smile, yeaghh.
I'm recently made the switch from Windoze to (RH) Linux and yes, I do not know everything yet, lots of what I read hear is still abracadabra to me, but one thing is clear to me: I will master this!!!
PatrickM
--- On Tue 11/04, Lorenzo Prince < lorenzo(a)prince.homelinux.org > wrote:
From: Lorenzo Prince [mailto: lorenzo(a)prince.homelinux.org]
To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:59:53 -0500
Subject: Re: RH recommends using Windows?
>Eric Wood staggered into view and mumbled:
>
>Man, has RH really lost that much confidence in Fedora?
>
>It is a sad day for Linux, and Red Hat in particular. Everyone knows that operating systems/applications and drivers are a chicken-and-egg process. The more people there are using Linux, the more apps and drivers will become available. And the more apps and drivers there are, the more people will use Linux. I have aggreed with everything RH has done up until this point. I really do believe that this is the biggest mistake RH has EVER made. Telling people to stay with Micros**t Virusware and not to switch to Linux because of the current lack of apps and drivers that the home user is expecting is not going to increase the availability of those apps and drivers that home users need. As a famous mistical disembodied voice in the movie "Field of Dreams" once said, "If you build it, shey will come." So, we must keep building Linux for the desktop. We must also, however, get more people using it, so that more people will help build it.
>
>PRINCE
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20 years, 5 months
[Fwd: RH9 --> Fedora]
by Alex F. Evonosky
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As I am a new list member on this list, I apologize if this question
has been asked. How is the upgrade to Fedora been using RH9? Was the
upgrade pretty seamless or did it requite a full reformat and
re-install? As a long follower of RH since '95, this is a question I
was trying to understand.
Thank You.
AE
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20 years, 5 months
A few questions?
by Robert Cavey
Redhat people,
I see some new stuff in chkconfig on Fedora, stuff like apm and smartd
and the whole "nptl" tag on the GRUB boot screen.
Are these features only going into Fedora and not your Enterprise
Products?
What is going to be the driving/steering direction as far as the Fedora
Kernel?
Will Fedora be the guinea pig for what goes into the Enterprise RedHat
or the other way around?
DON'T get me wrong .. RedHat's kernels are solid and have all the
attention of all VAR's I have worked with in the past but I hope Fedora
will not be the crash-and-burn-test-dummy platform for kernel testing.
Anyone?
20 years, 5 months
RE: [Fwd: RH9 --> Fedora]
by Henry Hartley
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Noah Silva
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:58 AM
>>
>> > As I am a new list member on this list, I apologize if this
>> > question has been asked. How is the upgrade to Fedora been
>> > using RH9? Was the upgrade pretty seamless or did it requite
>> > a full reformat and re-install? As a long follower of RH
>> > since '95, this is a question I was trying to understand.
>>
>> There is not an official Fedora release yet, but there should
>> be in a few days. All indications are that an upgrade will be
>> possible. There are a lot of political/logistical changes, but
>> as a home user, you can probably safely immagine "Fedora Core
>> 1" means "redhat 10". The man difference is that it will be
>> easier to find more packages for, you don't have to sign up for
>> RHN, and you can't get a boxed version or Tech support from
>> redhat.
Has anyone written an "Upgrading RedHat to Fedora Core" document?
That would be useful for those not quite as comfortable with all
the options available.
Addressing at least issues like the following:
- Will I want to download the ISOs and burn CDs to do an upgrade
or will I be able to upgrade by using up2date/apt/yum?
- If I can use up2date/apt/yum, what changes do I need to make
in what files in order to do that?
- If I have RedHat Linux version 7.x, 8, 9, etc. what are the
things to look out for.
- Once I'm upgraded to FC1, how do I stay current with patches
and updates?
That sort of thing. I'd contribute it myself but I don't know
enough.
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Henry
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