Re: RedHat Linux 7.2 needed.

ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin) writes:

On 5 Apr 2007, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
<1175763569.134607.136140@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, rk wrote:
can anyone please tell me where from can i download redhat linux 7.2?
thanks.
http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/archive.download.redhat.com/redhat/linux/
Be advised that the release hasn't been supported in over three years, and
you _REALLY_DON'T_WANT_ to expose a box running this ancient release to a
hostile network.

There are a lot of reasons to run RH 7.2 and other old versions. I have 6.2
on one of my PC's and 5.2 on another one. I mentioned this on gnu.gcc.help
and learned that some people make it a point to use old versions of RH such
as 6.2 to make sure that the C programs they write will run on all versions
after and including 6.2.

Also, I've found from discussions on this NG that some people who are
worried about you being on the net with an old version are assuming that
you are online with broadband or some other constant high speed access.
I don't remember whether Moe Trin is one of them.

The Stanford Music Department, if I remember right, has several versions
of RH and Fedora for free download, including RH 7.3. I downloaded them
and installed their 7.3 on an ancient computer that can't run anything
much more recent for hardware reasons.

As long as hardware isn't free, it is perfectly acceptable to use old
versions of RH on old computers. Software that can't be used without spending
a lot of money on a new computer is not really free in my opinion.
--
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
* Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT CSAIL. My actions and
* comments do not reflect in any way on MIT. Also, I am nowhere near Boston.
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