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Article #58442Re: Linux version 2 for home PC?
From: Ken Yap
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00
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In article <Dt6BCy.D5v@gil.com.au>: |I have a home 486 PC configured for Linux 15 months ago. I have not |used it much as most of my applications are windows based. I am |interested in Linux as a going concern and am seeking advice whether |there are practical benefits of upgrading to Linux version 2. | |Thanks in advance for your information and please email copy of |response pls. That depends on what version you are currently running. Most of the work is not in upgrading the kernel but in getting a good set of applications and system tools. In this respect, having a good distributions is a good headstart. If you have a rather old version of Linux, say anything < 1.2.13 and anything non-ELF, I would suggest upgrading to a modern distribution, say RedHat 3.0.3 or SlackWare 3.0 (there are proponents of both camps) first, then fetch a 2.0 kernel and compile that. At least you'll have something stable before mucking around with a new kernel.
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From: ken@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Ken Yap)
Subject: Re: Linux version 2 for home PC?
Date: 1996/06/18
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