RedHat Linux 7.2 or latest release?

[Dan_MailLists]

Bob McClure, Jr wrote -
> This may well not answer your question.  I'd be very hesitant to pay
> someone for server space on a machine running a version that is
> several revs past support.  I wouldn't mind too much if they were
> running RH 9 (with all updates) as it was EOLed less than a month ago,
> but RH 7.2 is three revs behind that.


Thanks for the comment Bob, it's a good point, but too late to change hosts.
I've just phoned their tech support and they tell me that as we've got a
dedicated server we can install anything we want on it, but that it comes
with 7.2 by default.
As I just want this as a webserver, using PHP4 and MySQL, is 7.2 going to be
enough can anyone tell me?
Or if not, what are people's thoughts on me upgrading the Linux to say v9?
Knowing how huge those OS files are I can't quite see how that's going to
work without physical access to the server?

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> On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 11:10:09AM +0200, Dan_MailLists wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm new to both Linux and this list.
> >
> > I'm building a site (or will be shortly) on a managed server that has
Red Hat Linux 7.2 installed. I want to set up a development server here so I
can also work locally on a test platform. The test platform is a PentiumIII
500, which will be partitioned to share the HD between Win98 and this Linux,
in case that matters.
> > The website will include the use of PHP4, MySQL3.23, cron and some third
party newsletter software as yet unchosen.
> > I've never installed Linux before, and haven't used it much either.
> >
> > My question is - should I install 7.2 here, or should I just get the
latest release? What would the differences be, and do they matter?
> >
> > Thanks for any help you can give,
> > Dan Searle.