Red Hat Linux 8 Realeased


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My problem is I have 3 different modems sitting around here...and Linux won't work with any of them. I can't justify paying more money for a Linux compatible modem (if there is such a thing) when I already have 3 good modems here. :ermm:

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Originally posted by Foo Fighter

My problem is I have 3 different modems sitting around here...and Linux won't work with any of them. I can't justify paying more money for a Linux compatible modem (if there is such a thing) when I already have 3 good modems here. :ermm:

The same situation happened with me here too. I have 2 modems. One I got with my computer and it's a pure winmodem. I got the other one because I wanted to use it with gnulinux and it has V.92. But then once I got it I found out it wasn't a pure hardware modem it was a controllerless modem. =?

Another thing is I have a USB WinTV card. So I go with Win2kXP Pro. And I don't like the lack of alpha in X. But, I give Linux major props for getting me into desktop customisation. It was seeing Linux in the late 90's that got me into pursuing customizing the desktop.

Linux is a fine OS though, I'd rather use it for a server and that's what I think it's best at.

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red hat 8.0? Lokes nice, but, anyone can tell if i can install it on a nfts partion? mandrake 9.0 installs on nfts partion. I have 2 isos and i?m thinking to install. I don?t know if is better than red hat, but it seems more friendly.

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Originally posted by krshna

red hat 8.0? Lokes nice, but, anyone can tell if i can install it on a nfts partion? mandrake 9.0 installs on nfts partion. I have 2 isos and i?m thinking to install. I don?t know if is better than red hat, but it seems more friendly. b>

Mandrake most definitely does not install on NTFS, neither does RH8.

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Originally posted by Xe|oN

I cant wait for the day Linux has working write support to NTFS.

Its a real pain having read-only access to my NTFS data partition.

I think mandrake 9.0 includes this somehow... They claim 9.0 is the first distro to support NTFS, and i know that others have done read-only support for a while in the past.

However, I just found this on their website

" NTFS partitions are now supported (read-only)."

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I always just poke around the different .edu's that arent listed on the mirror page.

This time i got them from ftp.ucsb.edu

i usually check ftp.cse.BLAH.edu and ftp.BLAH.edu, sometimes ftp.csis etc, just gotta look around :)

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"Conclusion

So, there are two questions remain:

How well this distribution would do as a business desktop? Let me answer this like this:

Psyche is better than most of its Linux competitors, but still way behind in both the desktop experience and feature-set from both WindowsXP and MacOSX.

How well this would serve as a server OS?

I am sure it would be good server OS. It is stable and fast. Some GUI utils are missing for configuring more servers, but for the admin who does not need GUI tools, Red Hat 8 would be better and faster than ever. But as a (business or not) desktop, I am sorry, but I am still skeptical about it. It isn't ready yet, it has a number of rough edges, and I really do not understand where the whole fuss was about the last two months about Red Hat 8 being a Windows killer on the desktop. It isn't one. Not yet anyway."

Well that about sums it up for me. I always get caught up in the hype, download the latest Linux distro and hope that things have improved. I am always disappointed. Linux may be starting to look prettier, but until ease of use is addressed then I doubt it will ever be a serious desktop contender. To me it still has a very half finished feel about it.

Maybe in two years or so we will finally see a desktop Linux version that trully is suitable for the masses, but until then all I can see is than Micosoft will continue to dominate the market place - and will do so almost entirely unchallenged.

If that is what the Linux community want then they need do no more than do as they do now, by pulling in 50 different directions with 50 or more different versions of Linux. Divide and rule is the oldest strategy in the book. So far it seems MS have mastered this technique and can sit back and satisfy themselves while they watch the various linux clans fight it out.

Oh well, ho hum, maybe one day Linux will mean something more than a stress headache and 5 or more wasted hours tring to figure out how to install a simple driver.

Regards,

Q

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