[KLUG Members] RedHat 7.3 Available - on CD from KLUG!

[Adam Williams]

>>Redhat 7.3 is now a THREE CD distribution.  (Doc makes four)
>>(the optional source code is an additional two CD's)
>Yeah, I saw that!  WTF happened?  To review, this is what RedHat has
>done with 7.x:
>Now what's with 7.3?  Did they bloat it with even more binaries that
>used to be on the Powertools CD???  What's up?  

It includes alot more user apps, evolution and GNOMEMeeting for two 
examples.  And it now includes a real JVM (rather than kaffee;  cough 
cough, gag gag).

IMHO, a good thing.  New users just need to be able to pick the apps and 
have them installed,  swapping CDs is easy.  They can learn about things 
like RPM and freshmeat.net later.

>Is it going to "bloat outta control?"  

If good, solid, useful apps are bloat, then yes.

>I sure wish they'd go back to the "Powertools" approach.

Nah, whats an app/utility/powertool?  Far to arbitrary a distinction.  too 
confusing for "Er... whats rpm?" type users.

>Heck, we're starting to get to the point where they should put different
>things on different CDs.  E.g., Binary #1, KDE/apps on one, Gnome/apps
>on another, extra servers/etc... on another.  Who knows, eh?  It's going
>to become a "bitch" to download 3-4 CDs when all you need is 1-2 for
>most everyone.

So people go to the LUG meeting and buy them.  I've never downloaded an RH 
ISO, thats what Bruce is for.