RE: Rawhide and contrib

Hi Nitebirdz,

> I'm by no means an expert, but since this list doesn't have much traffic
> and I'm not sure you will get a quick reply... well, let me give it a try.
> If I get something wrong, I hope other people can step up to the plate and
> correct me.

Thanks,

> Red Hat's Rawhide is the cutting edge, permanently in alpha state, version
> of Red Hat's distribution that, after it comes to be sort of
> stable, becomes
> the beta release you may hear about every now and then.  In other
> words, it
> is constantly under development, and you should _not_ install it on _any_
> system where stability is an issue.  On the other hand, if you would like
> to see what is to come in future releases, and/or like to get your hands
> dirty in anything Red Hat or Linux... give it a try.

Thanks again,

> Contrib is the server that contains software contributed by people in the
> Linux community and that is not a part of the official Red Hat Linux
> distribution.  For example, you may package a given application in a nice
> RPM that was compiled with some options that are not present in
> the official
> Red Hat RPM.  If you want to share it with the community, you can upload
> it to the contrib server.

And, yet thanks again.


Dov.