Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 23rd Feb 2003 20:42 UTC
Red Hat is the undisputed commercial leader when it comes to Linux distros. A few years ago more distros were sharing the Linux market/userbase, but these days Red Hat has overcome its competitors in impressions, sales and popularity. Popularity doesn't always mean quality though (look at Windows9x for example), so after our world's first review of Red Hat 8.0 a few months ago, I wanted to check out the new product, Red Hat 8.1, destined to be released sometime in the next one or two months. I downloaded and installed the third beta of 8.1, codenamed Phoebe, and gave it a whirl. We will be featuring a full review when the final version becomes available, but here is a preliminary report on the current status, accompanied by three screenshots. Update: Added one more screenshot.
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>-i686 ISOs
>-NTFS support (even if not loaded by default)
>-MP3 support, Thomsons multimedia has made clear that MP3 may be included in free software for free.
I agree. Especially for the i686 optimization, as Red Hat recommends 300-400 Mhz anyway (and a K6 at 300 Mhz is nowhere as fast as a PII at 300, so there is not much point supporting the i586 cpus)