[KLUG Members] BSware question here

[Bruce Smith]

> Have a newbie question here re:  BSware ... I've read where it has
> been referenced as being a non-commercial release of a RedHat
> release - believe it was referenced this way.  What does that mean?
> Am I correct in assuming it is strictly a RedHat release minus any of
> the other extra software (trail stuff, etc) that may have been
> included on a "commercial" RedHat distro?

Yes, that's pretty much it.  I download the Redhat CD (ISO) Images
from redhat.com (or a mirror), remove some of the foreign (non-english)
language files, add a few other programs that I download in a separate
directory, and update the CD with the latest Redhat updates every week.
That way it installs fresh with all the latest updates/patches.
There is no commercial or trial software included.

The standard distribution is a two CD set.  There is an optional 
documentation CD, and an optional source code two CD set.  Redhat 
discontinued their powertools CD as of 7.2, but I still have the 7.1 
powertools CD for sale.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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