On Monday 12 August 2002 08:33, Rafael Skodlar,,, wrote: > Redhat made a big mistake with major differences between 7.0 and 7.1 > where the upgrade was impossible. I've never heard that before. I avoided 7.0, but I did upgrade 6.2 to 7.1 and if that's possible, I don't see why 7.0 to 7.1 would have presented any difficulty. > Another reason is that in order to > quickly download necessary security updates, Redhat charges $60 per > system per year which is too much IMO when the alternative is free. I do > not mind paying something for the software but there are limits. I've not found a reason to pay for such a service. The updates are freely available for all. I don't get priority access, but I doubt that's very important to small users. Even if I did value it, $60 (even $US60) doesn't seem a lot to pay to get priority access for maintenance for something you can get for no charge. Besides that, membership of RHN is free for your first machine. -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb