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Summary: Great sytem
Review: I recently started using this product and I feel it's very user-friendly. There weren't any hitches in the installation, comes with an excellent disk partitioning system that enables you to do some great partitioning and dual booting before installing. The list of programs and features are excellent. If you don't mind reading help files to get the gist of the programs you'll be fine. And the price just can't be beat.
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Summary: Great OS Not Ready For Primetime
Review: I'm a computer tech in Alaska. I support about 150 users. My job among other things is to try out new products for users, and I borrowed Red Hat from the other tech in my organization. I tried loading it with no success to a 1Ghz Mini ITX motherboard, and kept getting Idle Process failed error messages, and the install would just hang.
After about a day of that, I pulled up a 500 mHZ Gateway w/256mb ram and 40 gig drive. The install went fairly easy and all modules loaded correctly except the sound module, which later properly installed, but reads as "failed" when shutting down. I don't know what that's about. Ok, after the install I inspected the interface and found it to be quite easy to use. You have to get used to all the different ways Red Hat refers to tasks etc. such as icons are called "emblems."
I opened the browser, Mozilla 1.0, and it worked fine except when I went to download Opera for Linux, I was faced with a dozen cryptic flavors that I don' know about. So I tried one for Red Hat and the install failed. Then I tried to connect to the local Windows NT4 network, and it was so cryptic and hard to find networking that I gave up. They recommend downloading a program called Samba, to connect to Windows, but if this function isn't built into Red Hat by default, they're going to lose potential customers. It should be very easy to connect to a Windows network, because, like it or not, that's the real world for now. Open Office Org seems okay, it's great to have a non Microsoft alternative!
I have wanted an alternative to Microsoft for a long time. If Red Hat adds Windows Network and Print services I think it'll have a winner. Worth the small investment if you use it at home.
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Summary: Do not buy this...Red Hat betrayed all of us!
Review: If you buy this you'll be buying a dead OS. Red Hat recently announced that there would be no more versions of Red Hat Linux released as shrinkwrapped software for home users. At the end of April 2004 you will no longer be able to get support on this distribution. Red Hat has sold its soul (the enthusiasts) for a new corporate support pricing model and more expensive "Enterprise" distributions. Buy SUSE and forget Red Hat.
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Summary: Better left to guys with a pony tail
Review: It is obvious to me that simplicity is not a virtue in the Linux world. Basic chores like getting a modem to work or installing and removing an application are hair-pulling experiences, the frustration compounded by fragmentary or non-existent documentation. RedHat did the right thing in pulling this monstruosity from the shelves -- it shouldn't even be sold to end users.
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Summary: Are you kidding?
Review: Its ok...but dont for one minute think that Linux is LESS of a security risk. What a joke that previous reply was, considering Linux released more "patches/fixes" last year than Microsoft. The product itself is probably the best it has ever been, (thanks to the open source community) ;) Still compiling and configuring isnt for the noobies out there....(yet) :)
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Summary: Easy ha...
Review: Linux isn't for your average user. Windos is made easy for those people that don't have the vast knowledge to use linux. It's features are greater than windows, the main point is Open Source Code. Windows does most of our actions for us. Linux its all manual, even sometimes the installation. Windows doesn't want you to change the source, or copy it. Linux was built by the programmers for the programmers. Getting things to work yes it does take some work. Linux isn't windows everythign isn't supported. You have to troubleshoot your own probelms on linux. If you need help for using it buy a book or go on some forms and ask some questions.
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Summary: The security is better.
Review: MSN 4 Life states "...dont for one minute think that Linux is LESS of a security risk. What a joke that previous reply was, considering Linux released more "patches/fixes" last year than Microsoft..." However, the release of more patches and fixes has a lot more to do with the design schema/process of open source than with whether or not it is less stable/secure than MS product. (Nevermind the argument that MS simply releases less patches and updates because they aren't keeping up the security for their products) There are far more cracks, viruses and trojans that are out to exploit MS products than there are for GNU/Linux (not the least of which is due to so many more MS users being "available" to exploit.) It could easily be argued that the greater number of patch/update releases for Linux simply demonstrates a more responsive/dedicated community in regard to security issues than what is seen with Windows (despite whatever marketing mumbo-jumbo MS wants to spout about "trusted computing" or whatever...)
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Summary: The security is better.
Review: MSN 4 Life states "...dont for one minute think that Linux is LESS of a security risk. What a joke that previous reply was, considering Linux released more "patches/fixes" last year than Microsoft..." However, the release of more patches and fixes has a lot more to do with the design schema/process of open source than with whether or not it is less stable/secure than MS product. (Nevermind the argument that MS simply releases less patches and updates because they aren't keeping up the security for their products) There are far more cracks, viruses and trojans that are out to exploit MS products than there are for GNU/Linux (not the least of which is due to so many more MS users being "available" to exploit.) It could easily be argued that the greater number of patch/update releases for Linux simply demonstrates a more responsive/dedicated community in regard to security issues than what is seen with Windows (despite whatever marketing mumbo-jumbo MS wants to spout about "trusted computing" or whatever...)
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Summary: WAY better than SUSE
Review: Okay I tried SUSE because it was a little bit cheaper and I thought hey it should do the same things. I was wanting to just set up a testing server for sites Im making. I must of tried to get MySQL to install 10 times, using both the built in installer and the packages from the mysql website. NOTHING WORKED. So I got this version of Red Hat, installed simply, and EVERYTHING works! I admit I bought this more or less to play with, I use XP pro for virtually everything, but if you want a version of linux that works spend a little more to get Red Hat.
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Summary: Was good, no longer.
Review: Red Hat was a pioneer. It ruled the Linux world at one point. Not anymore. The company has announced their decision to exit the retail linux market and the end-user linux distribution. They will focus on the server market and the business/corporate clients.If you want a good Linux for home or office use and you are experienced, get SuSE 9.0 pro instead. If you are a begginer and want to move from the expensive/buggy/intrusive Windows platform to Linux, try LindowsOS 4.0.
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