The up to now highly anticipated Red Hat Linux 9 is finally released. OSNews had its hands to the final version of Red Hat Linux 9 for over 3 weeks now and we were able to evaluate it in a number of ways. The final version is not too different than the Phoebe-3 beta for which we wrote a preview recently.
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In response to Eugenia: "HOWEVER, that does NOT mean that if you make it hard for even the administrators to hunt down what they need is "ok". It is not ok."
I agree on that. The problem is that your review does not really consider the tasks for a system administrator in the target market by Redhat.
Being simple for a newbie does not mean that it is convenient for a system administrator. And vice versa.
Saying there is no multimedia support is a problem in Redhat is like saying "the latest convertible sports car cannot carry a family of 5"! We all know that!
In response to Eugenia: "HOWEVER, that does NOT mean that if you make it hard for even the administrators to hunt down what they need is "ok". It is not ok."
I agree on that. The problem is that your review does not really consider the tasks for a system administrator in the target market by Redhat.
Being simple for a newbie does not mean that it is convenient for a system administrator. And vice versa.
Saying there is no multimedia support is a problem in Redhat is like saying "the latest convertible sports car cannot carry a family of 5"! We all know that!