[NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrading Redhat

[Paul Drew]

First of all, Thanks for the advice. The issue of why Redhat isn't one that 
was left to me. I inherited these machines, and this is where they sit. 
Management feels more comfortable with Redhat, and has requested we stay 
that course. The people who use, and manage the software on this box are 
very new to linux, and I think Redhat is a safe bet for them to cut their 
teeth on. You made alot of good points on upgrading to 9. I appreciate that, 
it helps me greatly. Have a good day, and take care.

Paul Drew


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>To: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss at ntlug.org>
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Upgrading Redhat
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:09:23 -0500
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>Paul Drew wrote:
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>>Howdy Everyone,
>>I have another question which I wanted to pick your brains on. I have a 
>>dell rackmount server which currently is running non updated 7.2 Redhat. 
>>We are going to be re-installing the application software from scratch 
>>that currently runs on it. I am being asked to update the o/s while we 
>>have the chance.
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>>My question is, should just patch the system like mad, and get everything 
>>updated? Should I actually upgrade the o/s version? I am thinking maybe 
>>move to 7.3 and update everyone on it. Then I was thinking maybe I should 
>>just go to 9. What go you think, and why?
>
>Definitely go to Red Hat 9 which updates everything to the latest that 
>redhat has.  Main reasons to upgrade.....RedHat only supports their 
>versions for 1 year as they announced earlier this year, Most recent 
>software and patches (otherwise you will have to install a lot of patches 
>on RH7.3 for security and still won't get as secure as RH9), Ability to 
>upgrade to the next linux distro (example:  RH9 can run a linux-2.6 kernel, 
>RH7.3 cannot), updated GUI software (most apps that are updated or created 
>today support Gnome2 and/or KDE 3, but will not work well on Gnome-1.4 or 
>KDE2 that is present in RH7.3).  Note that gcc-3.2 is used in RH9, not 
>RH73...a lot of apps that compile under gcc-3.2 will not compile under 
>gcc-2.95.2/2.96 under RH7.3 (as I've experienced).  Also, running RH9 means 
>that later you can upgrade to RH10 when available much easier.  As far as 
>your application, it may need minor tweaks if it is recompiled under 
>gcc-3.2, or if it is a Gnome or KDE app, you might need to recompile and 
>retweak it...but I bet your odds of just installing and running are very 
>good.
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>The other question I have for you is why continue with Red Hat when you 
>have Debian or Gentoo available to you which are, IMO, better than RH on 
>servers?  I've yet to see any programs that work under Red Hat not work 
>under Gentoo.
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