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.
Permalink for comment
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
1) On my 700mhz laptop RH is a little poky. That makes me a little sad. Click on "New Message" in Evolution can be a 2-3 second wait, every single time. Is this par for everyone else's course? What's worse is, XP feels much snappier on the same hardware. Not that I want to go back to MS.
2) RHN used to give one complementary machine to every account. I recently logged into mine and now it says I'm in demo mode. Can anyone else confirm that there's no free lunch anymore with RHN?
Thanks.