Dec 27, 2002 10:34 PM
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(Updated Jan 01, 2003 12:47 AM)
I recently installed Red Hat version 8 on an old Gateway P2-333 tower, in case any of our developers (I work for a software company in the US) wanted to ''kick the tires''. Setup was a breeze and it was installed.
One minor problem is that the /home filesystem seemed to be mounted twice and I couldn't figure out why, so I filled out a Red Hat Bugzilla report. They got back to me and told me that the automounter was doing it and to turn it off. I did that and it worked. I wonder why the automounter was turned on by default then?? Hmmm.
I joined it to my NIS domain and there it is, happy on the network.
Overall a nice OS and the new ''Bluecurve'' Gnome theme is reminiscent of Windows XP... You can now right click on the desktop and resize the screen resolution just like in Windows.
They left out mp3 support as if you want it you have to add it yourself, easy to do but shouldn't have to as it should have been included.
Openoffice.org, Mozilla, many apps. Nice.
Overall a very nice substitute for Windows if you don't need Windows apps.
I am a UNIX sysadmin, (Linux is pretty much a PC UNIX) so I don't need to read any instruction booklet, so I naturally wouldn't write about the quality of written documentation since I don't need to read it.
Also, I download and install the free ISO image of the install media, so I don't possess the actual retail package, so I can't comment on that, but the ones I've seen in the store look nice.
