Red Hat Newbie - What do I really need?

[Kevin Brown]

up2date is free for one machine per login.  More than that or to get
preferential treatment when bandwidth is tight means you pay.  I've got one
login for a server at work and a second one for the laptop I was assigned.  So,
I don't pay.  I could add a third for my personal laptop, but haven't done that
yet.

> > > What is the difference between 7.2 and 7.3? Will
> > > "up2date" update my 7.2 to 7.3?
> >
> > 7.3 includes KDE 3.0, which you'll probably want.  I haven't used up2date
> > so I can't comment.
> 
> I don't think up2date is a free service/product.  Either way, I haven't
> used it since a long time ago.  I have had decent luck using Ximian's
> Red-Carpet.  If you install the Ximian Gnome desktop or just the base
> package with evolution (a decent email client) you will get Red-Carpet.
> And you can keep your red hat distro up to date along with the ximian
> packages and open office ... there are several other things you can keep
> updated with.  It seems to work pretty well.