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Linux.com: Linux Distribution Y2K Updates

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 1, 2000

“The much-anticipated year 2000 has finally dawned upon us.
Fortunately, the possibility of computer problems has not
materialised into anything serious. There were inconveniences, and
it’s possible that several more inconveniences are yet to come.
Linux distributions vendors have included updates to their
packages that will minimise the chance of these
inconveniences.

“Red Hat posted a couple fixes for packages that weren’t Y2K
ready….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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