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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If you are scared that there are potential customers using decade old processors, have two versions - i386 and i686 :-). There is always a time to let go, and move on. I believe that time is now.
Personally, I like the direction they are taking. They are clearly targeted for the *corporate* desktop, unlike many others that either
a) say they are for the corporate desktop yet either have home user features (Lindows) or have nothing the corporate enviroment wants (Mandrake)
b) go for the home user market (Lycoris)
Not to say they are bad, but frankly, the corporate desktop is one of the only desktop market interested with Linux. Home users generally couldn't care less what OS they are using. (hehe, I remember asking my aunt what version of Windows she was using... she couldn't answer off hand :-).
Super-cheap desktops are also not the way to go. One thing is that though matter how good that $200 PC is, people would think it is too cheap considering that its closest Windows competitor for a known company is around $400.
For that cheap, you may as well buy a bunch of thin clients and a server..