On Tuesday 10 September 2002 23:40, Dino Cherian K wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody have any idea about the stability of the latest RedHat > distibution (RedHat 7.3). I read many reviews on the net, explaining pros > and cons. As I am using Linux for development, the prominant among the cons > was a buggy gcc :( . Does any body have the real experience of such a > problem. I
Can you find out a glass of lime juice free of bacteria ? > am currently using RedHat 7.1 which is pretty stable, but the > new rpm packages available from the net doesn't seem to support the > libraries in the version of RH Linux that I am currently using. I hopefuly > think that upgrading to RedHat 7.2 will solve my problem. (Or go by the > tougher way - compiling source tarballs, usualy a chain reaction, > satisfying dependencies.) Latest versions of distributions may contain bugs. They utilise people like us to identify them and some of us will fix the bug also ( a type of free testing) and finally the bug-free(?) version is used by giants like IBM. (Refer to IBM's linux servers) > > I would like to know the openion of the user group regarding the problem. > Whether to upgrade to RedHat 7.2 or to 7.3. > Switch over to Debian Gnu/Linux. (at least try a parellel running for the time being), because 1. I is really stable. 2. If any bug is found out and fixed it is available to the entire society. 3. It is a nude distribution (never hide cons refer /usr/share/doc/debian/*.*) 4. Almost all of the dependency problem will be taken care of by the control file in *.deb package. 5. Upgrading to a latest version can be done on the fly (while you are working on the computer). With regards M.Balakrishna Pillai
