[ale] RedHat 8.0 praise

Mon Dec 2 15:52:16 EST 2002

Well, and I can't believe I am about to say this as I have been a big
RedHat Supporter, I am probably the most unhappy with a RedHat release at
8.0 as with any release they have ever had. I have had some issues with the
main thing I now use RedHat for and that is Dedicated Gaming servers. I was
also not impressed with the fact that a custom install was much more, IMHO,
"restricted". I like to trim the intstalls down to the bare minimum
packages needed to run the apps I will add after intstall and it seemed to
me that this was a little more compicated than with 7.3. Now with regards
to a desktop environment, I will admit that the look is pleasing and the
ability to find apps is more intuitive. However for my servers I am going
back to 7.3 for now and just patch the apps I need up to current status.
Also I have noticed that CPU utilization is higher on systems running
comparable services with 8.0 vs 7.3 and I have already had one 8.0 system
die, not sure yet what exactly went wrong as I have not picked the box up
yet. Maybe OS related maybe not, the system will cease to provide any
services but you can ping the Ethernet interface. Hmmmm. Anyway, I am sure
in a lot of ways it is a great release, but I have had some issues with it
and I normally love each release as it has become available.

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                      "Matthew Brown"                                                                                                  
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Eric Anderson talked me into getting RH 8.0 and loading it.  Wow!  This is
really nice stuff.  The UI is very unified, clean and understandable, for
the first time I think.  We have achieved desktop readiness - now for those
droves of end-user apps!

Hope you're having a great day!

Best regards,
Matthew Brown, President
CorData, Inc.
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F: (404) 806-4855
E: matthew.brown at cordata.com

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