From: Red Hat Software < red...@redhat.com>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Red Hat Linux 2.0 available via FTP! 100% ELF!
Date: 1995/09/20
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Red Hat Software is pleased to announce the availability of
Red Hat Commercial Linux 2.0
the latest and greatest from the zany folks at Red Hat Software. Come
see us at UNIX Expo September 19th through 21st. We will be demoing
all our latest stuff. We will also be showing various Red Hat tools
running on an Alpha!
1. Introduction Red Hat Software
2. Features (800) 454-5502
3. RPM Packaging System (203) 454-5500
4. FTP Availability i...@redhat.com
5. Support and Mailing List http://www.redhat.com
6. CD-ROMs
*** Introduction
Red Hat Commercial Linux 2.0 (Red Hat 2.0) is a complete rewrite of
the acclaimed Red Hat Mother's Day distributions. It is a completely
ELF based system -- If you have been putting off the upgrade to ELF,
or have been having trouble upgrading a piece at a time, Red Hat 2.0
can save you the trouble.
Four installation innovations make Red Hat 2.0 the easiest Linux to
install ever. Our new graphical installation mode brings you straight
up into X for most of the installation. Our boot disk creation script
eases selection of the proper boot disk, and it saves your existing
network configuration information and XF86Config so you don't have to
configure TCP/IP or X! Our FTP install allows you to install simply
by downloading 3 floppy disk images -- the rest is done automatically!
And finally, the installation includes seamless support for PCMCIA
devices -- install Red Hat 2.0 on your laptop as easily as on your
desktop machine!
This will be the last Linux system you ever install. The new rpm
packaging system is sophisticated enough to allow upgrading to new Red
Hat releases without a reinstalling your system - no partitioning, no
backing up all your files, no headaches.
Also included are all the popular Red Hat graphical control panel
utilities that have simplified system administration for Red Hat
users for over a year.
*** Features
. 100% ELF (with a.out compatibility libraries)
. powerful RPM packaging system
. easy to use GLINT graphical package administration tool
. compliant with version 1.2 of the Linux File System Standard
. graphical installation (text based install also supported)
. FTP installation
. integrated seamless PCMCIA support for laptop installs!
. important new and upgraded packages:
XFree86 3.1.2
Apache httpd server
Perl 5
Tcl 7.4 / Tk 4.0
Python 1.2 w/ Tk 4.0 support
GCC 2.7.0
Linux kernel 1.2.13
libc 5.0.9
*** RPM Packaging System
Red Hat 2.0 is built on an entirely new packaging system called RPM.
The rpm system combines features of the Red Hat RPP system and the
BOGUS pms and pm systems, and adds many advanced features of its own,
including smart config file handling across package upgrades,
"shared" file handling, documentation searching support, and package
installation via FTP. You can install, uninstall, query, verify, and
upgrade individual rpm packages.
A new graphical package management tool called GLINT allows you to
quickly and easily manage and track your system. Glint is a vast
improvement over our previous Linux Installation Manager (LIM) -- it
is much faster, displays a hierarchy of packages represented by
individual package icons, and has displays progress meters during
installation.
The source packages include pristine, untouched sources, as well as
patches and a control file which defines the building and packaging
process. This system was conceived and promoted by the BOGUS
distribution development team: Rik Faith, Doug Hoffman, and Kevin
Martin.
We are releasing rpm under the terms of the GPL and we would like to
encourage everyone to use it to package their software. You can get
rpm separately from Red Hat 2.0 from any of the official Red Hat FTP
mirror sites.
*** FTP Availability
Red Hat 2.0 is available from the following official Red Hat FTP
mirrors. If you would like to mirror Red Hat at your site, please
send mail to mirror-l...@redhat.com for complete instructions.
FTP Site Directory
======== =========
ftp.pht.com /pub/linux/redhat
sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/distributions/redhat
ftp.cms.uncwil.edu /linux/redhat
ftp.wilmington.net /linux/redhat
ftp.caldera.com /pub/mirrors/redhat
ftp.lasermoon.co.uk /pub/distributions/RedHat
ftp.cc.gatech.edu /pub/linux/distributions/redhat
uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/systems/linux/distributions/redhat
For installation instructions, read the RHCL-Installation-HOWTO,
which can be found in the docs directory. In short, if you are
doing an ftp install, just get the two ramdisk images, and one
of the boot disk images and follow your instincts...
*** Support and Mailing List
On our web site and official Red Hat mirror sites you will find the
Red Hat FAQ, which probably answers most of your questions. Check it
out!
If you purchase a Red Hat CD-ROM product you get 30 days of
installation support via email. If you download Red Hat via FTP you
will have to get support through the Red Hat mailing list. Everyone
who uses Red Hat should be on the list! We use the list as a primary
avenue for support, and all our announcements are sent to the list.
To subscribe, send mail to listp...@redhat.com with the following
in the body of the message:
subscribe redhat-list FirstName LastName
Want even more support? Get the Red Hat Support Program. It's a full
support contract along with a year long Red Hat subscription! See our
web site for complete details.
*** CD-ROMs available from Red Hat Software
For only $49.95, you can get our new 4 CD set! The four CD's include:
Red Hat Commercial Linux 2.0
The Red Hat 2.0 Live Filesystem CD
A sunsite.unc.edu linux archive
A tsx-11.mit.edu linux archive
What else do you get for that low-low price? Support! We provide 30
days of installation support, along with many other methods of support.
What can you do with the Live Filesystem CD? Plenty. Tired of trying
to explain linux to your friends and co-workers? Install it! Well,
sort of anyway. By booting two floppies and using a supported CD-ROM
drive, you can show off the power of linux and X windows right from
the CD. You can also insert a third floppy to be mounted
automatically to use for storing files. Quite a nice system.
The Red Hat Users Guide is also available. It covers all aspects
of installation and administration of your Red Hat system.
The Red Hat Retail Division can be reached at:
phone: (203) 454-5500
(800) 546-7274
fax: (203) 454-2582
email: i...@acc-corp.com
www: http://www.acc-corp.com
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From: Marc Ewing < marc@redhat.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Red Hat 2.1 released!
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 95 20:27:41 GMT
Organization: Red Hat Software
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
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Keywords: Red Hat Linux 2.1 CD-ROM ELF Release Distribution
Red Hat Software is pleased to announce the availability of
Red Hat Linux -- Release 2.1
============================
the latest and greatest from the knuckleheads at Red Hat Software.
Red Hat 2.1 is available NOW, on CD-ROM and via FTP. Red Hat
Software's Official Red Hat 2.1 CD-ROM product includes 4 CDs (Red Hat
2.1, Bootable Live Filesystem, Sunsite, and TSX-11) and a 150 page
manual, as well 30 days of installation support.
Current users of Red Hat 2.0 can upgrade with a single command! New
Red Hat users: this will be the last Linux distribution you ever
install! Upgrading to future Red Hat releases is simply a matter of
running the upgrade script, which upgrades all your packages, and
preserves all your configuration files.
With the release of Red Hat 2.1, Red Hat Software is now offering
three Red Hat 2.1 products:
* Official Red Hat 2.1 -- 4 CD-ROMs, users manual, support
* Official Red Hat 2.1 Upgrade -- 1 CD-ROM
* Official Red Hat 2.1 Users Guide
See the section entitled "Ordering Information" for prices, phone
and fax numbers and addresses.
1. New Features since Red Hat 2.0 Red Hat Software
2. Red Hat Linux Features (800) 454-5502
3. RPM Packaging System (203) 454-5500
4. FTP Availability info@redhat.com
5. Support Policies http://www.redhat.com
6. Ordering Information http://www.acc-corp.com
======================================================================
1 -- NEW FEATURES SINCE RED HAT 2.0
- -----------------------------------
This release has benefited from our thousands of users who contributed
bugs fixes, suggestions, and even new packages! Thanks a million to
all the folks in the Red Hat community hanging out on the redhat-list!
Among other things, the 2.1 release contains the following improvements:
* Simplified Installation
The installation process has been trimmed and streamlined. The
differences between the 5 types of installation (CD-ROM, NFS, FTP,
floppy disk, and hard drive) have been minimized, resulting in less
confusion and clearer installation instructions in the manual.
* Expanded Manual
Notwithstanding some heavy editing and cruft-cutting, the manual has
grown over 25 pages -- to 147 pages. Additional sections cover
upgrading from 2.0; configuring sendmail, tcpd, anonymous ftp, World
Wide Web services, and NFS; and finding documentation.
* New Installation Modes
Red Hat Linux 2.1 now supports installations from the following sources:
. CD-ROM
. NFS
. FTP
. Floppy disks
. DOS (or other) partition
* Improved NIS/YP Support
New libc, YP server, and YP client packages (libc, yp-clients, ypserv).
* Improved Control Panel
Many bug fixes, better SLIP/PPP support in netcfg tool, as well as the
new tksysv run-level editor.
* Simple FTP and WWW Server Setup
Bringing up anonymous FTP and World Wide Web service is a simple as
installing the Networking Servers series. No configuration necessary!
* New Packages
Over 60 new packages, including:
ImageMagick, anonftp, colour-yahtzee, cxhextris, doom, dump,
e2fsprogs-devel, exmh, faces, fortune-mod, gcal, howto-dvi,
howto-html, howto-ps, howto-sgml, inn, intimed, ircii, kterm,
liloconfig, lynx, maplay, mc, metamail, mh, mirror, modemtool,
moonclock, mpage, multimedia, pidentd, psmisc, taper, tcltk-Tix,
tcltk-blt, tcltk-expect, tcltk-tclX, tksysv, trojka, unarj,
vga_tetris, which, xanim, xevil, xpuzzles, xterm-color, xtrojka,
ypserv, zoneinfo
* Upgraded Packages
Over 225 upgraded packages, including:
MAKEDEV-2.2-1, NetKit-A-0.08-5, NetKit-B-0.06-4, SysVinit-2.56-6,
Xaw3d-1.1-2, abuse-1.10-1, adduser-1.1-1, aout-libs-1.4-1,
apache-0.8.14-1, bash-1.14.5-3, bind-4.9.3b26-3, bison-1.24-2,
cmu-snmp-2.1.2l4-2, color-ls-3.12.0.3-2, control-panel-2.3-1,
cpio-2.3-2, dosemu-0.60.3-2, file-3.15-2, findutils-4.1-3,
flex-2.5.2-2, gawk-2.15.6-2, gdb-4.15-1, getty_ps-2.0.7e-3,
ghostscript-2.6.2-3, glint-1.2.1-1, gpm-1.04-2, grep-2.0-2,
gzip-1.2.4-2, jed-0.97.12-2, joe-2.8-2, kbd-0.90-2, ld.so-1.7.5-3,
less-290-2, libf2c-0.11-2, libg++-2.6.2.5-2, m4-1.4-2, make-3.74-3,
man-1.4d-3, man-pages-1.8-3, maplay-1.2-1, mb-5.0-2,
ncompress-4.2.4-2, ncurses-1.9.6-2, net-tools-1.2.0-4, open-1.3-2,
patch-2.1-2, pcmcia-cs-2.6.3a-3, pdksh-5.2.3-1, perl-5.001m-3,
ppp-2.1.2d-3, procmail-3.10-2, procps-0.97-3, python-1.2-3,
rdate-10.10.94-2, readline-2.0-2, rpm-1.4.1-1, rxvt-2.10-2,
samba-1.9.13-2, sendmail-8.7.1-2, seyon-2.14c-2, sh-utils-1.12-2,
sharutils-4.1-2, slang-0.99.23-1, slrn-0.8-3, slsc-0.2.3-4,
stat-1.5-2, statserial-1.1-2, svgalib-1.2.8-1, tcp_wrapper-7.1-2,
tcsh-6.06-4, textutils-1.13-2, timetool-2.1-1, tin-1.22-2, trn-3.6-2,
tset-jv-0.9.6-3, util-linux-2.5-4, vim-3.0-3, vixie-cron-3.0.1-3,
wu-ftpd-2.4-3, xearth-1.0-2, xfig-3.1.3-2, xgammon-0.98-2,
xjewel-1.6-2, xlockmore-3.3-1, xpaint-2.1.1-2, xpm-3.4f-2,
xwpe-1.4.2-3, xxgdb-1.0.8-2, yp-clients-2.0-1, zapem-0.2-2, zip-2.01-4
======================================================================
2 -- RED HAT LINUX FEATURES
- ---------------------------
Red Hat 2.1 is an update to Red Hat 2.0, a complete rewrite of the
acclaimed Red Hat Mother's Day distributions. It is a completely ELF
based system -- If you have been putting off the upgrade to ELF, or
have been having trouble upgrading a piece at a time, Red Hat 2.1 can
save you the trouble.
Four installation innovations make Red Hat 2.1 the easiest Linux to
install ever. Our new graphical installation mode brings you straight
up into X for most of the installation. Our boot disk creation script
eases selection of the proper boot disk, and it saves your existing
network configuration information and XF86Config so you don't have to
configure TCP/IP or X! Our FTP install allows you to install simply
by downloading 3 floppy disk images -- the rest is done automatically!
And finally, the installation includes seamless support for PCMCIA
devices -- install Red Hat 2.1 on your laptop as easily as on your
desktop machine!
After installing Red Hat Linux once, you will never need to reinstall
Linux again! The new RPM packaging system is sophisticated enough to
allow upgrading to new Red Hat releases without reinstalling your
system - no partitioning, no backing up all your files, no headaches.
Also included are all the popular Red Hat graphical control panel
utilities that have simplified system administration for Red Hat users
for over a year.
. 100% ELF (with a.out compatibility libraries)
. powerful RPM packaging system
. easy to use GLINT graphical package administration tool
. compliant with version 1.2 of the Linux File System Standard
. graphical installation (text based install also supported)
. integrated seamless PCMCIA support for laptop installs!
. important packages and versions:
XFree86 3.1.2
Apache httpd server
Perl 5
Tcl 7.4 / Tk 4.0
Python 1.2 w/ Tk 4.0 support
GCC 2.7.0
Linux kernel 1.2.13
libc 5.0.9
======================================================================
3 -- RPM Packaging System
- -------------------------
Red Hat 2.1 is built on an entirely new second generation packaging
system called RPM. The RPM system combines features of the Red Hat
RPP system and the BOGUS pms and pm systems, and adds many advanced
features of its own, including smart config file handling across
package upgrades, "shared" file handling, documentation searching
support, and package installation via FTP. You can install,
uninstall, query, verify, and upgrade individual RPM packages.
The Red Hat web site, http://www.redhat.com, contains more information
on RPM and the RPM-HOWTO, which describes how to use RPM and build
your own RPM packages.
A new graphical package management tool called GLINT allows you to
quickly and easily manage and track your system. Glint is a vast
improvement over our previous Linux Installation Manager (LIM) -- it
is much faster, displays a hierarchy of packages represented by
individual package icons, and has displays progress meters during
installation.
The source packages include pristine, untouched sources, as well as
patches and a control file which defines the building and packaging
process. This system was conceived and promoted by the BOGUS
distribution development team: Rik Faith, Doug Hoffman, and Kevin
Martin.
We are releasing RPM under the terms of the GPL and we would like to
encourage everyone to use it to package their software. You can get
RPM separately from Red Hat Linux from any of the official Red Hat FTP
mirror sites.
======================================================================
4 -- FTP AVAILABILITY
- ---------------------
Installation via FTP is easier than any other Linux distribution (as
long as you are on the net). Simply download a boot disk and two root
disks, reboot and you are installing. The installation scripts take
care of downloading all the rest!
Red Hat 2.1 and the Red Hat HOWTO, are available from:
ftp://ftp.pht.com/pub/linux/redhat
The following list mirrors also carry Red Hat (though it may be a day
or two before they complete the mirroring process). If you would like
to mirror Red Hat at your site, please read MIRROR.HOWTO for complete
instructions.
FTP Site Directory
======== =========
ftp.pht.com /pub/linux/redhat
sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/distributions/redhat
sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk /packages/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/distributions/redhat
/redhat-2.0
ftp.cms.uncwil.edu /linux/redhat
ftp.wilmington.net /linux/redhat
ftp.caldera.com /pub/mirrors/redhat
ftp.lasermoon.co.uk /pub/distributions/RedHat
ftp.cc.gatech.edu /pub/linux/distributions/redhat
uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu /pub/systems/linux/distributions/redhat
ftp.ibp.fr /pub/linux/distributions/redhat
ftp.gwdg.de /pub/linux/install/redhat
ftp.uoknor.edu /linux/redhat
ftp.msu.ru /pub/Linux/RedHat
linux.ucs.indiana.edu /pub/linux/redhat
ftp.cvut.cz /pub/linux/redhat
ftp.ton.tut.fi /pub/Linux/RedHat
ftp.funet.fi /pub/Linux/images/RedHat
======================================================================
5 -- SUPPORT POLICIES
- ---------------------
On our web site and official Red Hat mirror sites you will find the
Red Hat FAQ, which probably answers most of your questions. Check it
out first!
If you purchase a Red Hat CD-ROM product you get 30 days of
installation support via email. If you download Red Hat via FTP, or
purchase a non-Red Hat Software CD-ROM with Red Hat Linux on it, you
don't get any official support, and you will have to get support
through the Red Hat mailing list. Everyone who uses Red Hat should be
on the list! We use the list as a primary avenue for support, and all
our announcements are sent to the list.
To subscribe, send mail to redhat-list-request@redhat.com with the
word "subscribe" in the subject line of the message. Additional lists
are redhat-devel, redhat-announce, redhat-digest (a digest version of
redhat-list), and rpm-list, which can be subscribed to in a similar
fashion.
Want even more support? Get the Red Hat Support Program. It's a full
support contract along with a year long Red Hat subscription! See
http://www.redhat.com for complete details.
======================================================================
6 -- PRODUCTS AND ORDERING INFORMATION
- --------------------------------------
* Official Red Hat Linux 4 CD set
and 150 page Users Guide Book. $49.95
* Red Hat 2.1 Upgrade CD
Just the CD - no manual, no archives, etc. 20.00
* Official Red Hat Users Guide 14.95
* Red Hat Software's "Support Program" 399.00
* Red Hat Motif CD with Motif Users Guide Book 149.00
* Linux Library CD ** new low price ** 29.95
* Dr Linux 1,200 page reference Book 39.95
* Linux Man Pages 1,100 page
Linux Command reference Book 29.95
* TCL/TK command reference Book 29.95
For fastest delivery call Red Hat Software at (800) 454-5502 with your
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover card account number.
Shipping on the Official Red Hat Linux 4 CD-ROM set with manual is
$5.95 in the US, and $9.95 for International delivery. For other
shipping prices and bundle pricing, please contact Red Hat Software.
Resellers are encouraged to contact the following distributors for
information and volume pricing on Red Hat products.
* Red Hat Software, Inc.
25 Sylvan Rd South
Westport, CT 06880
(800) 454-5502
(203) 454-5500
(203) 454-2582 (fax)
sales@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com
http://www.acc-corp.com
* American Software and Hardware Distributors, Inc.
(800) 225-7941
(217) 384-0849
(217) 384-2055 (fax)
* Frank Kasper and Associates.
(617) 942-0566
(617) 942-5039 (fax)
kasper@kasper-cdrom.com
======================================================================
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