Star World's First Review of Red Hat 8.0-Psyche
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 30th Sep 2002 01:10 UTC
Red Hat Gentoo, Lindows and Lycoris arguably were the big surprises of the year in the Linux land, but everyone is waiting the release of Red Hat 8.0 with, possibly, the biggest anticipation ever for a Linux distribution. Since Red Hat posted the Limbo and Null betas, fans of the most popular distribution on earth were making waves and even called this new version a Windows killer. Does this really hold up though? Will Red Hat be successful on their quest to infiltrate the business workstation/destkop market? Read more to find out and view some of the high resolution screenshots we have for you! UPDATE: Red Hat 8 is out! ZDNews has an article about the new release of Red Hat 8.0.
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good review Eugenia
by darren on Mon 30th Sep 2002 04:22 UTC

I appreciate your candid review. We really should expect as much and more from a Linux desktop than from a Windows or Mac. Otherwise, why not just use Windows or Mac?

And, I agree 100% about the menu. Jeeze?! That's not good. The start menu on the WM featured here at OSNews (Xpde) makes much better sense. I can't wait to try that WM out.

But, OTOH, when you look at how far Linux has come, it's very hard for me to be too critical. RH looks good. I'm pleased with the bold and positive effort to unify the desktop. Linux is definitely coming of age.

Here's my biggest complaint. On Null and in your screenshots, the AA fonts are too blurry for my tastes. However, judging by the screenshots, it looks like that's tweakable, though. I'm looking forward to trying that out.

One day I'll use Linux because it will be the best desktop OS available. But, until then, I think I'll be realistic and just use Linux as a server and keep "using" Windows (can't afford to go Mac).

Darren