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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2) Which kernel is included?
2.4.20
3) Do they include alsa sound system?
No, alsa is standard in the 2.5.X system and will show up later.
>4) Have they added a script to /etc/init/d to turn oss sound on/off?
You don't turn it off SS and Alsa are kernel level interfaces. The sound servers, (KDE,esound) can use both.
xmms then goes through the sound server
Also a little comment for people saying redhat is evil.
found this while working on the rawhide release. This is
the master configuration file for X windows, individual
customizations:
#if LinuxDistribution == LinuxRedHat
#define FSUseSyslog YES
#endif
evil hunh?? no look at this....
# ifdef DebianMaintainer
# ifndef XFree86CustomVersion
# define XFree86CustomVersion "Debian"
# endif
# ifndef BuilderEMailAddr
# define BuilderEMailAddr "debian-x@lists.debian.org"
# endif
# define XFree86Devel YES
# define BuildAllSpecsDocs YES
# define InstallXinitConfig YES
# define InstallXdmConfig YES
# define InstallFSConfig YES
# define DebuggableLibraries YES
# define ForceNormalLib YES
# define BuildSpecsDocs YES
# define SpecsDocDirs CTEXT GL ICCCM X11 Xext Xv i18n xterm
# define BuildRman NO
# define BuildHtmlManPages NO
/* we build-depend on libfreetype6-dev (FreeType 2.x) */
# define BuildFreetype2Library NO
# define HasFreetype2 YES
/* m68k has no 2.4 kernel yet */
# ifndef Mc68020Architecture
# define HasLinuxInput YES
# endif
# define HasXdmAuth YES
# define HasLatex YES
/* at present, glide2 only works on i386 */
# ifdef i386Architecture
# define HasGlide2 YES
# define Glide2IncDir /usr/include/glide
# endif /* i386Architecture */
/* at present, glide3 only works on alpha and i386 */
# if defined(i386Architecture) || defined(AlphaArchitecture)
# define HasGlide3 YES
# define Glide3IncDir /usr/include/glide3
# endif /* i386Architecture || AlphaArchitecture */
/* extended instruction set support */
# ifdef i386Architecture
# define HasX86Support YES
# define HasMMXSupport YES
# define Has3DNowSupport YES
/* 2.4 is not yet the official (or predominant) kernel in unstable */
# define HasSSESupport NO
# endif /* i386Architecture */
# endif /* DebianMaintainer */
#endif /* LinuxDebian */
just my 2-cents work.