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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>Eugenia, would it be possible for you to post some screenshots where an app window is focused?
http://www.eugenia.co.uk/images/notatun2.png
>Is it just me, or did they improve the fonts? Judging by the screenshots, they have.
In the screenshots you don't see the fonts that Red Hat comes with. I manually downloaded and installed the Vera fonts which are currently in Beta by Bitstream.
2) Which kernel is included?
2.4.20 I think, checked it out last night, can't remember now. :o
3) Do they include alsa sound system?
No idea, does it matter? As long as it works...
>4) Have they added a script to /etc/init/d to turn oss sound on/off?
That would be the last thing I would check and mess around. Loading different sound systems, I find this to be the responsibility of any modern OS..
>5) The menu's in my gnome have no properties in the R-click. I want to add or delete menus. Is that possible?
Not that easily unfortunately, and trying it via Nautilus didn't work for me.
6) Does gnome include a utility to add/delete kde apps from the gnome menu, and vice versa.
Not that I saw...
>Are you at liberty to say what Linux distro you use as a main desktop?
WindowsXP and then MacOSX and then BeOS.
From the Linux distros, I prefer Red Hat.
>Thanks for the article. Have you ever done in article on SuSE 8.1 or Gentoo?
Yes, check out our archives.