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Hi, Arrkerr,<br />
I think the chances that the other software has been updated are nil, so I won't bother you with more data to evaluate. &nbsp;You gave me what I need. &nbsp;Thanks so much for being quick.<br />
--Steve
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Hi, Arrkerr,
I think the chances that the other software has been updated are nil, so I won't bother you with more data to evaluate.  You gave me what I need.  Thanks so much for being quick.
--Steve

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To give you an idea of how far Redhat 7.2 is behind, the progression is<br />
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RH8<br />
RH9 (last of the free Redhat releases)<br />
FC1 (Fedora project takes over)<br />
FC2<br />
FC3<br />
FC4<br />
FC5<br />
FC6<br />
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To give you an idea of how far Redhat 7.2 is behind, the progression is

RH8
RH9 (last of the free Redhat releases)
FC1 (Fedora project takes over)
FC2
FC3
FC4
FC5
FC6



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Hi,<br />
This should be an easy question, I think. &nbsp;I have a dedicated server with a hosting company, and I think I'm about to change to another company that installs updates and patches and fixes for me without me needing to pay attention and request them. &nbsp;On my current server, when I run:<br />
uname -a &amp;&amp;&nbsp;cat /etc/*release &nbsp;(I found that in a Google search)<br />
I get the following:<br />
Linux bikramyogaomaha.com 2.4.18-27.7.xsmp #1 SMP Fri Mar 14 15:52:30 EST 2003 i686 unknown<br />
Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)<br />
Simple question: can someone tell me how far behind I am in installing updates and security patches and the like?<br />
Thanks.
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Hi,
This should be an easy question, I think.  I have a dedicated server with a hosting company, and I think I'm about to change to another company that installs updates and patches and fixes for me without me needing to pay attention and request them.  On my current server, when I run:
uname -a && cat /etc/*release  (I found that in a Google search)
I get the following:
Linux bikramyogaomaha.com 2.4.18-27.7.xsmp #1 SMP Fri Mar 14 15:52:30 EST 2003 i686 unknown
Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
Simple question: can someone tell me how far behind I am in installing updates and security patches and the like?
Thanks.

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