[wplug] Which Red Hat version is best?

Alexandros Papadopoulos apapadop at cmu.edu
Wed Apr 23 14:43:16 EDT 2003


On Wednesday 23 April 2003 13:35, Sal Mangiapane wrote:

> I am currently running Red Hat 7.2 and I want to upgrade.  Should I upgrade
> to 7.3, 8, or 9?

You don't need to upgrade the entire distribution to get a new compiler and 
editor.

> All I really need are an updated gcc and vi.  I exclusively use SSH and
> command line interfaces.  But, I want to stay current without getting
> bleeding edge.

http://www.attrition.org/gallery/computing/tn/Problem_flowchart.jpg.html
(or if the damn thing works, don't fix it!)

You can stay current with up2date as others suggested.

-A
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