Re: Windows vulnerability vs Linux vulnerability

From: Bernd Felsche (bernie_at_innovative.iinet.net.au)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 12:45:00 +0800

Bit Twister <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain> writes:

>On Fri, 07 May 2004 15:51:22 GMT, Leythos wrote:
>>
>> I just looked at the ISO file names and they show the following:
>>
>> Mandrakelinux-10.0-Community-Download-CD1.i586.iso
>>
>> Even though the site said RC1 it appears as though the files are CD.

>Hmmm, something is funny. Names of the iso should be what you gave not
>rc1. Hope you download the md5 sum file and verify they match before
>burning. Also Community is still buggy. It installed fiine on one box
>and failed partition phase on another box. You may want to read
>http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3

>I receved the Official cds in the mail wednesday last week, and it
>installed clean on both boxes.

>rc1 and community are for ringing out bugs by people who will report
>them. They are not for the newbie to evaluate if it is better than
>windows. The Official would be fair game.

Absolutely. 

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