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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Linux is improving constantly. But it will be always behind Windows, until some respected and powerful applications are ported to Linux. The reason is that the operating system is really irrelevant if people lack their applications of daily use like Photoshop (Please don't come saying about GIMP, 1.2 is *NOT* professional and 1.4.x is not even ready: Just look at the .jpg saved images with GIMP, look at the blurred corners and other defects before bashing Photoshop), Illustrator, Macromedia tools like Dreamweaver and Flash and many other! A lot of "free" open source applications cannot substitute the level of professionalism one of these commercial can provide.
So it's no use for me having Linux if I just have a eye candy desktop to browse the web, write a mail, play solitaire or make a spreadsheet.