[PLUG] Redhat Linux 7.3 Personal Edition

[Alan]

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 21:14, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On 15 May 2002, Alan wrote:
> 
> | Office Despot had 7.3 in stock today, so I picked up a copy.
> |
> | I won't get into install issues.  (It does not like my daughter's
> | machine at all, but that may be DMA problems.)
> |
> | The box comes with a registration card with serial number, a quick guide
> | to redhat network, and a thin 140 page manual.  There are eight cdroms
> | included in the package.
> |
> | 3 install discs (The ones you can download)
> | 2 source discs (Also downloadable)
> | A documentation disc (which is downloadable and only ~50 megs)
> | A disc of applications (not downloadable, except on warez sites.)
> | Star Office 5.2
> |
> | I was kind of disappointed that they did not ship OpenOffice 1.0 or Star
> | Office 6.0. I am not certain why they chose to go that route.
> 
> Maybe these reasons:
> OO 1.0 wasn't ready when they pressed the 7.3 CDs.
> SO 6.0 is for sale by Sun.

Star Office 6.0 is available on Mandrake 8.2 which was released a few
weeks earlier.