Red Hat 7.2 B2 comments (rant)

[Scott Prive]

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From: ReK2WiLdS [mailto:rek2 at linuxbusca.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:23 PM
To: Scott Prive
Cc: BLU
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.2 B2 comments (rant)



(my opinion by experience and targeted to Linux experienced users)If
redhad doesn't target the Desktop then what it does? cause for sure it
does not the server! for good servers we have Debian, Gentoo. and *BSD.

I'd disagree on your main point: Red Hat targets the *corporate* server. Maybe that disclaimer helps.

Try to explain to a manager that Gen-who? is another Linux distro based on kernel 2.4, and they'll either get confused that Red Hat is "up to 7.3", or they'll defensively go into "manager hibernation mode" ;-) 

Some companies give their IT guys autonomy, and encourage them to be proactive... but that's usually not the case. Most often, if you can sneak a free UNIX in, it's got to be Red Hat or not at all. 

Of course this means Red Hat has been complacent in the past, and because of this I was very surprised at what they've done with the new beta. The jump in usability  reminds me of the first time I tried Mandrake. Well, ALMOST. Heh.

I think redhat try to do it all, and it doesn't do anything.  I spent 5
years using redhat in production servers just to find out I spend more
time after the installation working on it than what it takes me to
configure Debian well all at once from the instalation. and no worries
later on.

I am not saying that Redhat is bad or nothing like that. 

You can say that. :-) I use it because it seems to configure hardware better than Debian did (CD-R, DVD-R, hardware 3D, and ATA-66+ chipsets). I despise the RedHat-specific tools and software that's only tested under their distro. However I only have time to learn the quirks of one distro. I have big hopes for the LSB effort, and the promise of more standardized tools.


so my idea is better hard and one time, than easy and 4 times.

No disagreement there.

rek2
Founder MetroWest LUG.

  
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