Mandrake 9.0 is out

[Jeff Claunch]

WHO CALLED IT!!!!  RedHat 8 is out today!  Hmmm...how did he know they
ask.....muhahah

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hutchings" <desynergy at onebox.com>
To: "Jeff Claunch" <jclaunch at nccsun2.ncc.ag.gov>
Cc: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Mandrake 9.0 is out

> I dont think Red Hat 8.0 is coming out that soon.  Red Hat 7.4 is the
> version in the "beta" folder on ibiblio and the other mirrors.  I've
> heard each beta build of 8.0 so far, you need to to burn the ISO and
> literally rebuild your system.  Just upgrading makes your system unstable,
> since they're building from the ground up and changing several of the
> different default packages to new ones.
>
> --
> Mark Hutchings
> desynergy at onebox.com - email
>
>
> ---- "Jeff Claunch" <jclaunch at nccsun2.ncc.ag.gov> wrote:
> > Ahh yes, and I bet we can count on a RedHat 8 by Monday can't we.
> > heh...linux distro wars continue.
> >
> > jc
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Derric.E.Goodwin at mail.sprint.com>
> > To: <kclug at kclug.org>
> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:05 PM
> > Subject: RE: Mandrake 9.0 is out
> >
> >
> > > Count me in....
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Marvin GodfatherofSoul Bellamy" <mbellamy at kc.rr.com>
> > >
> > >
> > > > I bet they're out there somewhere, you just need to know someone
> > > who'll
> > > > give you the URL.  This is a GREAT idea.  If they can block access
> > to
> > > > their news server for just customers, they could do the same for
> > > servers
> > > > hosting these resources.  I wouldn't be a huge bandwidth drain
> > either
> > > > since we're all on their network.
> > >
> > > It would save recourses for them - the load wouldn't hit their
external
> > > interfaces and lines.  I doubt they pay per-use for their external
> > > bandwidth, but I do know that the choke points on most of my downloads
> > > are
> > > external to their net, so it would lighten the load for other users.
> > >
> > > I'll fire off a note to support.  Anybody else on RoadRunner want
> > to
> > > request
> > > mirroring the iso's?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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