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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...By the way, now that I have my trusty Linux box up and running, I am looking forward to putting it to the REAL test… Using it!! There are more then enough articles about installing Linux that give some opinion as to how easy or hard it was, but you don’t install your OS every day, (or maybe some people do) Lets get past the install and prove that this is a platform that can be put to work.
I already have several tasks that Ill be putting my new install to use for. For the TRUE windows converts, here are a few of them to give you some idea as to what Red Hat 9 (and any other Linux distro) should be able to do:
As an active member of the Lions Club, I need to be able to do the following kinds of stuff (and what I plan to use to do it with), If anyone else has suggestions on other software to use, please feel free to drop me a line.
Lions Club Tasks:
Website/IT development: Our site is PHP (specifically we use PHPWebsite) so simple ssh and vi will to the trick. But Ill also need to use Gimp to deal with graphics, and there are plenty of options for web browsing to test our site, and e-mail other club members.
Publicity: Once again Ill need to call on Gimp to help me out with the graphics, but then Ill need to call on OpenOffice Write and Present, to create flyers, newsletters, press releases, letters, presentations, and who knows what else! (This is a good place to offer any suggestions for a Linux replacement for MS Publisher)
Project Management: We have some very ambitions project this year and we will need to make sure that no one drops the ball, MrProject looks like it will be well suited for keeping us organized and on schedule.
And work too!
Ill also need to be able to complete job duties if I wish to stay employed. As an Oracle DBA, Ill need VPN client, Oracle client, telnet, ssh, some cool Oracle tools and access to e-mail. Yep, that is all available for Linux.
Does Lunux have the applications and stability to keep up with a user from day to day? Is all of these apps going to serve my needs? I guess Ill find out from this partial task list I have made from myself. That is what needs to be reviewed (many times over).