Re: RedHat 3.0.3 in Melbourne

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From: Andrew_J ROBBIE
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:00

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Cliff (clif@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au) wrote:
: Take a look at what Robert Lowery wrote......
: > Does anyone know where I can get RedHat 3.0.3 (the cheaper version without 
: > MetroX) in Melbourne
: > 
: Downtown software in the city has the new infomagic 6 cd set, which
: has slackware 3.x redhat 3.x, and the distribution that begins
: with 'd' that i can't remember.   It also has the tsx-11 archive

: Its $39 from memory, which isn't bad at all...
: No I don't work there or own it but thought about it, i own the
: metro-x redhat 3.0.3 distribution.
: -- Cliff

Just my 2 cents (that rounds to zero unless you read lots of my posts :) :

I bought the InfoMagic 6CD set from Downtown Software, and it does have 
Redhat 3.0.3. However, I was not entirly happy with their service. When
I asked about Linux cd-roms, they pointed them out quickly enough, but
further questioning of their "technical unix expert" did not reassure me.
He said several times that the advantage of ELF binaries was that they used
"internal compression", and this was their chief advantage. He did NOT 
mention position-independent code, dynamically linked executables or 
libraries. In fact, he gave me the hard sell.

However, I had already decided to buy them as I was sick of borrowing
stacks of floppies from friends, and too tired of waiting for downloads.

In spite of my troubles with Downtown Software, they seem much better than
the nearby city stores, who could probably be beaten to death with Linux 
CD-ROMs before they could clue on.

If you think i386 linux is hard to get, try finding the PowerPC version,
MkLinux - one x 60MB download.

Good luck,
AJ

: ___________________________________________________________
: Cliff Wakefield, 3rd Year Computer Science, Duty Programmer
: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bundoora Campus
: clif@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au                  GSM 0411469175
: http:////yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~clif
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---
Andrew Robbie
Electrical Engineering
ajrobb@ecr.mu.oz.au

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