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Old 01-27-2008, 12:07 AM   #1
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why is that RH 9 is so high in the downloads?
 
Old 01-27-2008, 01:48 AM   #2
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people know the name "redhat" people like high numbers... most problems about rh9 posted here these days are generally from the indian subcontinent, no idea why, but so many people there kick off their linux lives with rh9...
 
Old 01-27-2008, 12:35 PM   #3
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interesting. thank you for info .
 
Old 01-27-2008, 12:50 PM   #4
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people know the name "redhat" people like high numbers... most problems about rh9 posted here these days are generally from the indian subcontinent, no idea why, but so many people there kick off their linux lives with rh9...
Perhaps because of all the books that were published with Redhat disks included.

"Linux...isn't that made by RedHat?" --quote from an engineer colleague, ~ early 2007. He's an electrical engineer and is highly proficient in computers, especially Windows.
 
  


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