Hi.
Sorry if it sound stupid....
What is the difference between ZOOT RedHat6.2 and the official RedHat6.2 ?
Is there any difference at all ?
Thanks,
Mike
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From: "Avi Boots" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 11:19 PM
Subject: Red Hat Linux 6.2 (Zoot) now available!
> > Red Hat is happy to announce the immediate availability of Red Hat Linux
> 6.2,
> > Zoot, for the ia32 and SPARC platforms (Alpha is coming, really), with
> support
> > for French, German, Spanish, and Italian.
> >
> > You can get your hands on Zoot in many different ways:
> >
> > 1. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2
> > 2. Order one of our many boxed set editions from www.redhat.com
> > (shipping April 10)
> > 3. Buy it at a retail outlet (available April 10)
> > 4. Download from one of our many mirror sites. The following mirrors
> > are known to be complete:
> >
> > ftp://ftp.hjc.edu.sg/linux/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://ftp.ip.pt/pub/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/redhat-6.2/
> >
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/RedHat/ftp/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://ftp.uselinux.org/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/redhat.com/redhat-6.2/
> >
> ftp://mirror.atlantic.net/pub/Linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/redhat-6.2/
> >
ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> > ftp://the-city.seas.upenn.edu/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat-6.2/
> >
> > For help with this release of Red Hat Linux, subscribe to the Zoot
mailing
> > list by sending a message with a subject of "subscribe" to
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or buy a Red Hat Linux boxed set and take
> > advantage of our support department.
> >
> > The Zoot development team wishes to thank all of the developers who
> > contributed to this release, our beta testers, and everyone who reported
> > a bug or made a feature request.
> >
> > Here's a (partial) list of new features in Zoot:
> >
> > - The system can now be installed onto a loopback file on a FAT
> > filesystem. This allows users to install Red Hat Linux onto an
> > existing partition rather then having to repartition their system.
> >
> > - The upgrade process recognizes Linux RAID arrays.
> >
> > - Better rescue mode on CD and NFS, allowing improved disaster
> > recovery.
> >
> > - Networking services have had their client and server components
> split
> > into separate packages to improve sysadmin flexibility.
> >
> > - Pentium III support for improved performance
> >
> > - Workstation installs no longer install networking daemons
> >
> > - Many system daemons turned off by default
> >
> > - MesaGL now included
> >
> > - All man pages gzip'd
> >
> > - Added support for /etc/X11/xinitrc/xinitrd.d for X startup logic
> >
> > - Piranha clustering updates
> >
> > o web based GUI config
> > o 2-node service failover support
> > o generic service monitoring/loadblancing
> > o tunneling and direct routing support for IPVS
> >
> > - Beowulf-style clustering added
> >
> > o PVM 3.4.3 (Parallel Virtual Machine)
> > o LAM 6.3.1 (MPI library environment)
> > o make-pvm (PVM aware version of GNU make)
> > o (Please note that mpich-1.2.0 is now part of PowerTools for Red Hat
> > Linux 6.2.)
> >
> > - Automatic support for up to 4 gigabytes of RAM
> >
> > - ISDN configuration utility added
> >
> > - Encryption now included! Now that the US more closely resembles
> > a free country, all versions of Red Hat Linux include:
> >
> > o Kerberos authentication for mutt, pine, fetchmail,
> > cvs, and imap. In addition, the following kerberos-aware
> > versions of the following clients have been added:
> >
> > o Kerboros network clients included for rlogin, rsh, telnet, ftp
> > in krb5-workstation package
> >
> > o GNOME-based Kerberos configuration tools added
> >
> > o GNU Privacy Guard (gpg) included
> >
> > o Netscape with 128-bit encryption included
> >
> > - More beauteous vim included -- /usr/bin/vim supports syntax color
> > and langauge-based indention
> >
> > - anacron used for many system jobs
> >
> > - termcap, terminfo, and various terms have been modified to support
> > the Debian Backspace Guidelines for Backspace and Delete, as well
> > as to make Home and End work consistently
> >
> > - DocBook support included
> >
> > - Colorized ls by default (remove /etc/profile.d/colorls.* to
disable)
> >
> >
>
>
>
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