Rating: 
Summary: The Best There Is
Review: I just recently installed this distro on my box at work and again on my home box and I couldn't be happier. Installation took about 40 minutes, and was the easiest that I have ever seen. When I started out with Linux, I decided to use Caldera's eDesktop 2.4, and was pleased with it, but RH 7.2 makes it seem quite old-fashioned and out of date. Unlike with OpenLinux, RH 7.2 got my sound card to work as soon as it was installed, and the X Windows system was configured practically automatically, unlike with Caldera, where I had to play around with XF86Setup and lizardx quite a bit. I even managed to get a higher resolution than I have with my Windows ME OS, which resides on a separate partition at home. The default boot loader, GRUB, worked so well with both OS's that I uninstalled Partition Magic as I felt that I did not need it anymore. For the people who are not overly fond of the command line, this is a perfect distro, as pretty much everything that you can do with the command line, you can also do with the GUI tools that are provided with this distro. Although an experienced Linux user, I did not even have to read any of the instructions prior to installing and all of my hardware (except for my WinModem) was detected at startup. My old trusty Rockwell hardware modem works fine with it though. The KDE 2 desktop is clean and crisp, Konqueror works as fine on the Web as it does on local files and KOffice has all the productivity tools that anyone could want, and behind it all are the tools that any old UNIX user will find necessary in a server. The only things that I actually had to configure was my Internet connexion (and even that was done mainly through GUI tools) and import my config files to get my shell and rc commands for some apps to get them working the way I wanted them to. On my web servers at work, the web services were extrememly easy to configure and have been running fine ever since I upgraded. So far this is the best version of Linux that I have ever come across and will be using it from now on.
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Summary: Get off the new equipment wagon
Review: I loaded RH 7.2 on my laptop about 8 months ago, it runs much faster and is considerably more stable than the predecessor (win 2k). I am able to accomplish so much more than I could before, I could list numerous complaints about the old OS I had on it, but we don't have the space. Everything you need is here, some things you don't are here as well, at a decent price. In short this system rocks, I don't have to buy a new laptop really soon. And I can still write my book and not have my machine crash every third chapter. I won't go back to that half... O/S for most of my day to day work.
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Summary: Another Great Red Hat Release!!!
Review: i think this is the best distribution of Linux out on the market today. i have never had a problem with any of the features. it is reliable, easy to install, and comes with many very good packages. i plan on staying a loyal Red Hat customer for many more years to come.
Rating: 
Summary: Best Red Hat version yet released.
Review: I've used everyversion from 5.2 up to 7.2
of the Red Hat distribution,
and this is the best version I have seen.The X configuration is much easier to setup, and you get
quite a few good apps prebuilt and shipping on the cd. However, a couple of things to be warned of. First,
when setting up host name during post install can break
X. to solve
this problem I did set host name during install.
Also Postfix and the
power tools are missing from
this release.
Rating:
Summary: A good starting place...
Review: If you're looking to try linux for the first time, this is a good place to begin. Redhat's popularity and (relatively) installationa nd upgrade packages make it very good for windows/mac users to get their feet wet in the unix world. Linux is still very much a tinkerer's operating system with some rough edges, but once setup is finished, I believe a normal user could now operate redhat without being a unix-savvy guru. If you've had some experience with linux before, I would recommend you look at the debian distribution, which offers an improved management/upgrade system and is generally geared a bit more to the unix-savvy.
For those who are unaware, 'Linux' actually describes the core of the operating system (called the kernel), and the rest of the programs, including the 'windows', are packaged together as a 'distribution', which all have different plusses and minuses. Redhat is very popular, so finding support for it is relatively easy. Enjoy!
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Summary: I love it!
Review: Installation went as easy as can be. You definately need to run the update agent as soon as you finish the install. I like the KDE desktop and use it as my prefered desktop.
Rating:
Summary: great OS
Review: installed easily. for all the people who said that this OS is not user friendly they should stick with Microsoft. for me it is as user friendly as any linux system should be. established an internet connection quickly and with no hassle with my local isp. configured the sound and X-Windows system quickly and easily. configured programs to fit all my needs unlike some other Os' that need not be mentioned at this time. i highly recommend Redhat 7.2 for any previous linux user or for those looking to learn of this particular OS. make sure that you do your homework for the compatability though.
Rating:
Summary: great OS
Review: installed easily. for all the people who said that this OS is not user friendly they should stick with Microsoft. for me it is as user friendly as any linux system should be. established an internet connection quickly and with no hassle with my local isp. configured the sound and X-Windows system quickly and easily. configured programs to fit all my needs unlike some other Os' that need not be mentioned at this time. i highly recommend Redhat 7.2 for any previous linux user or for those looking to learn of this particular OS. make sure that you do your homework for the compatability though.
Rating: 
Summary: Best of the Red Hat(s)
Review: Linux has always been the rave of geeks and the fearsome altar of the average Joe. This is precisely what keps people away from this "god" OS. However, with Red Hat 7.2, it seems that the barriers linux is facing to enter the desktop market will finally be shattered. Red Hat has always been one of the most easy of the linux installations. Its installer it just a bit tougher than Mandrake Linux's installer. Apart from the installation, the actual OS also seems to be pretty stable. I run it on a comp which is never shut down, and it seems to be taking the punishment pretty well, with now slowdowns or whatever. (Dont try this on Windoze OS's). The applications supplied with this OS are numerous and you should just go along with what the default is, unless you want to have some fun tweaking around with your OS. Red Hat's installer manager (RPM) is currently one of the best (Debian is supposed to have a better one, I never tried it). This edition is very suitable for the desktop user, if you are tired of feeding Micro$oft every two years. There are only two problems with this distribution, one with Red Hat and one with Linux in general. The problem with Linux is still the lack of a good office suite. Koffice tries and Star Office somewhat succeeds. But both are not as robust and well designed as Microsoft Office. Sun is supposedly coming out with Staroffice 6.0 this year. The beta of that was very impressive but a bit buggy. Lets hope Staroffice 6.0 ends the drought of the office applcaiton.(I am also wondering when IBM will develop a port of Lotus Smartsuite to Linux, their commitment to Linux seems pretty small till now, without this important contribution.) The other problem, and this one is with Red Hat, is that it is a very bloaty distro. There are so many usless apps that duplicate the function of each other, that you sometimes get confused about which one to use. For example, take a look at the listing of browsers supplied - Netscape, Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror. I know linux is a matter of choice, but so much choice is confusing. The average Joe would be scared right away when he takes a look at 3 installation CD's. Win2k just takes 500 mb on its own. Red Hat 7.2 can take upto 3GB. Of course, most of that is applications, but still there is no justification for so much material. I really wish that some day app developers for linux, will collaborate with each other and try to build one good product, rather than each person making his own version of the one application. Lets say, there is still some way for Linux to go. At the same time it is my OS of choice.
Rating:
Summary: Best of the Red Hat(s)
Review: Linux has always been the rave of geeks and the fearsome altar of the average Joe. This is precisely what keps people away from this "god" OS. However, with Red Hat 7.2, it seems that the barriers linux is facing to enter the desktop market will finally be shattered. Red Hat has always been one of the most easy of the linux installations. Its installer it just a bit tougher than Mandrake Linux's installer. Apart from the installation, the actual OS also seems to be pretty stable. I run it on a comp which is never shut down, and it seems to be taking the punishment pretty well, with now slowdowns or whatever. (Dont try this on Windoze OS's). The applications supplied with this OS are numerous and you should just go along with what the default is, unless you want to have some fun tweaking around with your OS. Red Hat's installer manager (RPM) is currently one of the best (Debian is supposed to have a better one, I never tried it). This edition is very suitable for the desktop user, if you are tired of feeding Micro$oft every two years. There are only two problems with this distribution, one with Red Hat and one with Linux in general. The problem with Linux is still the lack of a good office suite. Koffice tries and Star Office somewhat succeeds. But both are not as robust and well designed as Microsoft Office. Sun is supposedly coming out with Staroffice 6.0 this year. The beta of that was very impressive but a bit buggy. Lets hope Staroffice 6.0 ends the drought of the office applcaiton.(I am also wondering when IBM will develop a port of Lotus Smartsuite to Linux, their commitment to Linux seems pretty small till now, without this important contribution.) The other problem, and this one is with Red Hat, is that it is a very bloaty distro. There are so many usless apps that duplicate the function of each other, that you sometimes get confused about which one to use. For example, take a look at the listing of browsers supplied - Netscape, Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror. I know linux is a matter of choice, but so much choice is confusing. The average Joe would be scared right away when he takes a look at 3 installation CD's. Win2k just takes 500 mb on its own. Red Hat 7.2 can take upto 3GB. Of course, most of that is applications, but still there is no justification for so much material. I really wish that some day app developers for linux, will collaborate with each other and try to build one good product, rather than each person making his own version of the one application. Lets say, there is still some way for Linux to go. At the same time it is my OS of choice.
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