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It's 05 Dec 97  09:46,
We'll return to s340350@student.SPAMGUARDuq.edu.au and All's
discussion of Which version?

 s3> I have basically decided, as a beginner, and after reading a few posts
 s3> on  the subject, to go with Redhat Linux. When I asked at the bookstore
 s3> today  about the latest version, I was told that it would come into
 s3> stores some  time in January. Would there be any great advantage in
 s3> waiting that long  to get this newest version on CD (I don't really
 s3> want to download it from  the Internet)? The reason I ask is because I
 s3> have seen a lot of posts in  the various Linux newsgroups saying that
 s3> one should really try to get the  latest version - is there really so
 s3> much of a difference between any two  successive versions? Could I
 s3> install an old version and download most of  the important extensions
 s3> from the Internet? So many questions ...

With Red Hat, you have a choice.  You can either wait it out and get RH5
when it ships, or buy RH 4.2 now and upgrade to 5 when it comes out and
proves a winner.  Red Hat is generally upgradable (that's one option in
the installation process).

 s3> Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any advice from anyone who has
 s3> managed  to get this far without his eyes glazing over halfway through
 s3> the post  (anyone...?). I would also appreciate if someone could direct
 s3> me to a  good site which answers other general Linux questions.

Try www.linux.org and look up the Linux Documentation Project for all
the docs. :-)

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