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getting redhat linux 8
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| does anyone know where i can download redhat linux 8 for free?
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| Robert Heiling 2006-12-09, 7:12 pm |
| Ray wrote:
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> does anyone know where i can download redhat linux 8 for free?
I predict that you will be sorry you asked. <LOL>
Bob
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| Thanks for your reply, you are very helpful.
Im trying to replace a broken cd that i already own.
Please refrain from replying if you are going to be as helpful as this guy.
"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:457B1FA4.A086BD70@comcast.net...
> Ray wrote:
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> I predict that you will be sorry you asked. <LOL>
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> Bob
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| Robert Heiling 2006-12-09, 7:12 pm |
| Ray wrote:
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> "Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:457B1FA4.A086BD70@comcast.net...
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> Thanks for your reply, you are very helpful.
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> Im trying to replace a broken cd that i already own.
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> Please refrain from replying if you are going to be as helpful as this guy.
See! You're sorry already. Just wait until the pro's give you a workover.
But since you're being so gracious, here's a tip:
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccr...atinstallcdroms
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| Jean-David Beyer 2006-12-09, 7:12 pm |
| Robert Heiling wrote:
> Ray wrote:
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> See! You're sorry already. Just wait until the pro's give you a workover.
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> But since you're being so gracious, here's a tip:
> http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccr...atinstallcdroms
If he gets it, he will be sorry a second time.
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.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 18:15:01 up 49 days, 20:46, 3 users, load average: 4.13, 4.20, 4.18
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| Robert Heiling 2006-12-10, 1:16 am |
| Jean-David Beyer wrote:
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> Robert Heiling wrote:
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> If he gets it, he will be sorry a second time.
It appears that he asked a question because he needed a replacement for that CD.
My post was responsive to the question that he asked as I've complained here
recently about non-responsive replies and thought I'd try to set a good example.
That website alone will expose him to more than just RH8 and I'll give him
credit for knowing what he's doing. However, you seem to be implying that RH8
is/was a pos. Were you saying that at the time it was released.
Bob
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| Jean-David Beyer 2006-12-10, 1:16 am |
| Robert Heiling wrote:
> Jean-David Beyer wrote:
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> It appears that he asked a question because he needed a replacement for that CD.
> My post was responsive to the question that he asked as I've complained here
> recently about non-responsive replies and thought I'd try to set a good example.
> That website alone will expose him to more than just RH8 and I'll give him
> credit for knowing what he's doing. However, you seem to be implying that RH8
> is/was a pos.
I ran RH5, RH6.0, RH6.2, RH7.3, and RH9. RH8 was not out long enough for me
to even try it, so I do not know if it was a pos (I think I know what that
means) at the time.
>Were you saying that at the time it was released.
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But by now it is going to be nothing but trouble because of all the security
and other fixes since those days that never got into it.
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.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 21:15:01 up 49 days, 23:46, 3 users, load average: 4.24, 4.19, 4.07
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| Scott Lurndal 2006-12-10, 1:12 pm |
| Robert Heiling <robheil@comcast.net> writes:
>It appears that he asked a question because he needed a replacement for that CD.
>My post was responsive to the question that he asked as I've complained here
>recently about non-responsive replies and thought I'd try to set a good example.
>That website alone will expose him to more than just RH8 and I'll give him
>credit for knowing what he's doing. However, you seem to be implying that RH8
>is/was a pos. Were you saying that at the time it was released.
The folks who continuously post advice to the effect that one should use the
latest release don't generally understand the realities of a datacenter.
I've several copies of RH8 running in production, have had for several
years. So long as it continues to provide the excellent uptime for the
applications being hosted, I see no reason to change. Note this is a
production datacenter and none of the systems are reachable from the
internet. Note also that it can take up to 6 months to qualify a new operating
system release/application combination in a production data center.
We were a RH6.2 shop prior to qualifying RH8. Could never get any RH7 release
to qualify. Newer installs now get RHEL4/CentoS4.
The RH8 ISO images are still available from the Redhat website if you poke
around a bit. <ftp://archive.download.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/>
scott
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