Linked by John Collins on Wed 4th Jun 2003 15:23 UTC
There seem to be many reviews on Red Hat 9.0, but all seem to be written by Linux junkies who really know their stuff. What about the MS Windows Convert? They say people like the first thing they use (i.e. if you learn to drive a manual transmission, you prefer it over automatic). If this is true, how does Red Hat 9.0 introduce a novice pc user to the world of computers? I hope to answer some of those questions in this tiny review.
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I hope most people who come across this acrticle realize that it's a troll, and the author intentionally painted Linux in a poor light.
First, if you had really scanned all the CD's, you would not have gotten the copy problem with Open Office UNLESS the problem was not with the source, but with the destination. In other words, your hardrive was having issues. Switching to the console would have given you a very technical, but easily interpreted error.
Second, you chose 250MB of SWAP. YOU chose it, not the installer. Which implies you went to a custom disk partitioning scheme rather than allowing the installer to do it for you. This implies two things: 1) You know more than you are letting on, and 2) You were handicapping Linux from the start with a paltry amount of SWAP.
Third, while no software is flawless, 20 minutes into the software update you should have known there was a problem and restarted it. Also, the RH update software does time out if nothing is happening, so maybe it was working, but you don't know how much bandwidth you really have (the RH network has mechanisms built in to preserve bandwidth, not the least of which is keeping those out with only demo accounts.).
Sigh, if you're going to troll, atleast make a good go if it.