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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Linux will always be hard to use for people who don't know how to use it. I would never expect my mother, who still asks me how to double space in word, to be able to use Linux.
I have even had trouble getting into linux. I had upgraded my video card to an ati 7500 back when RedHat was 7.2, and I didn't know how to get KDE or Gnome to come up. Due to the fact that Xfree86 wasn't up-to-date with the video drivers, I wouldn't. But I waited, and when RedHat came out with 7.3, it had the drivers for my card for installation. With it booting right to gnome, I did not look back. Sure, I dual boot, because I still like to game and windows is best for that. That is the only thing I think Windows is good for, games.
With the long download, must have been a new release of one of the packages that you were downloading, RedHat gets congested at times, especially new releases, along with a big download of 30 some packages. But what I like about Linux, Kernel updates. And Linux gets them every week to every month. And the Updater might have stayed in your window asking for a reboot, might have done a Kernel update.
I have had install errors, and most times a reboot and retry works, something I don't know how to explain but I have also had that problem loading X.2 on my mac. Yellow Dog on my mac too since I like Linux so much.
Why don't you try Mandrake, I think their install is easier, and you get some different things that RedHat doesn't have. You don't need just one Linux "flavor" to ruin your day, try another if you don't like the first.
Oh yeah, Bluecurve, or the RedHat's GNOME is the default install for Redhat, not KDE.
To finish, Linux is not ready for the normal user who will install it, but is getting close for the normal user to use, just not my mother (56 year old english teacher).