RedHat 5. Again.
Posted by Michael Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:39:28 GMT
While at 32 I’m by no means old, I had a funny conversation last week about my beginnings with Linux. The short short version is that I played quite a bit with Slackware and then got really serious when RedHat 4.2 came out.
The slightly younger (like 25ish) person I was talking to looked very surprised and proclaimed “Wow, I would have thought with all you seem to know about Linux that you’d been using it longer than me. I started just after RedHat 4 was released.”
With a sigh, I explained the crazy numbering system choice RedHat made to go up to 9 and then back to 3 (or EL, ES 3 or 2 or whatever silliness it was they did) that I was speaking of “RedHat Linux” 4.2 which was released in May of 1997.
I think this might mean that the RedHat 5.2 box and disc set that I have on my bookshelf means that I have special connections into RedHat and that I have insights into about 2 years into the future.
Given this information, I’d like to announce that I’ll happily sell you CDR copies of this CD set for $50 a pop.
It’s a glimpse into the future folks. Just think, RedHat 5.2 today. No waiting.
Better break out those notes on XF86Config though, the graphical interface installer for this futuristic version isn’t quite done yet.
