Redhat 8.1

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Mon Jan 13 17:07:37 EST 2003


Where are you guys finding these for download?
On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 17:10, Justin Bennett wrote:
> I'll download them tommarow at work, I can cut you a cd or three if you
> want. That goes for the rest of the list also. Whens the meeting? This
> weekend or next?
> 
> Justin
> peter said:
> > Cyber Source wrote:
> >> i saw a couple of things about it, mostly in foreign languages right
> >> now On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 12:50, Riga, Anthony wrote:
> >>
> >>>I heard that the Redhat 8.1 beta version is out is this true? has
> >>> anyone started using it? Ive read some good things about it!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Yeah, I've been playing with it. The beta came out last week, it's
> > called "phoebe".
> >
> > I need to get the ISO images because I messed up my bit-by-bit upgrade.
> > However, it was bootable, etc.
> >
> > First impression: this thing was so fast it blew my socks off. You can
> > now use my socks for parachutes. This is mainly due to the native POSIX
> > thread implemtation, and the (0)1 scheduler. Also, I'm sure Oracle is
> > happy with the asynchronous I/O.
> >
> > Example? upon reboot, I fsck'd an 80Gb, 7200 RPM drive in less than 10
> > minutes (!)
> >
> > Graphical response made my GeForce 4 sweat. The room heated up.
> >
> > Now, all I have to do is get my install figured out, I'm not gonna wait
> > for the "official" release.
> >
> > Problem: I want the ISO's, but not on my dialup. Maybe over the weekend
> > I'll haul all my stuff over to my Dad's - he's got Powerlink.
> >
> > --
> > "Truly, if Te is strong in one, all one needs to do is sit on one's ass,
> >  and the corpse of one's enemy shall be carried past shortly."
> > 	-- spotted somewhere on Usenet
> >
> >
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> 
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