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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RH8 is nice. They're working toward a user friendly OS.
1) WRT menu organization, careful definition of terms and use will require many meetings to properly organize and name them.
I hope they succeed, but it will require a lot of input and discussion from "troops in the field". These issues must be taken to management, made important and discussed often.
2) Which kernel is included?
3) Do they include alsa sound system?
4) Have they added a script to /etc/init/d to turn
oss sound on/off?
5) The menu's in my gnome ( 8.0 installed on top of 7.3 installed on top of 7.2 ...) have no properties in the R-click. I want to add or delete menus. Is that possible?
My gnome only includes "add to panel".
6) Does gnome include a utility to add/delete kde apps
from the gnome menu, and vice versa.
7) Does gnome or kde provide detailed instructions on how to directly edit the desktop/panel/menu configuration text files, and describe inter-operation?
thx...................