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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What I need is a distro which:
1. Is easy to install.
2. Has support for a year old video card (ti4200)
3. Allows me to use apt-get or a reasonable facsimile
What I've tried so far:
1. Red Hat 8.0 - easy to install, easy to install software - never could get the nvidia drivers working.
2. Lindows 3.0 - easy to install, easy to install software - can use nvidia but not at greater than 1024x768
3. Suse 8.1 - not a bad install, nvidia card works great.
updates from Suse site are OK (but a little long). Other updates run into dependency hell (I mean, to search 10 different websites to get the libraries to use apt is a little ridiculous, and it never worked)
4. Gentoo - not an easy install
5. Debian - not an easy install
6. Yoper - easy install, but no adsl
7. Windows XP - easy install, nvidia works great, easy update, but it talks to Bill Gates behind my back (or am I being paranoid?)
Is there anything that meets my specs?