[linux-help] Re: RedHat 8.0

[Lars von dem Ast <mrprenzl@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 10 October 2002 21:49, you wrote:
> Yeah, I don't know what RedHat was thinking.  6.2 was a rock and then 7=
=2E0
> had all those problems.  Now three revisions and 8.0.
>
> This is beginning to remind me of another corporation that releases O/S
> software to the public before it's ready....
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anne McCadden" <ironrose@xxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 7:46 PM
> Subject: [linux-help] RedHat 8.0
>
> > I installed RedHat 8.0 on one of the non-essential computers and I am
> > glad.  I feel like a beta tester again.  8.0 was installed as an
> > upgrade, but it won't launch any programs.  I was able to change the
> > background and screensaver, but not get on the internet.  Version 7.3
> > worked great.  It sounds like a time to wipe and reload the OS.  I
> > should have listened to my own advice -- if it isn't broken, then don=
't
> > fix it!  I am sooooo disappointed with RedHat 8.0  ~Anne
> >
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I'm running RH8.0 (Psycho) now and it barfed on my two NICs, but seemed t=
o=20
come out of it after some runic incantations to the "Network Device Contr=
ol."=20
(I've got DSL.) It kept saying "IP # already in use." (RH8.0 knows about =
my=20
parallel universe!) I'm also a KDE user, which has been rather mangled=20
up--hidden from sight, that is. Why, we can't know. But this is all deskt=
op=20
stuff, which doesn't really rate big tears to the ACLUGers, right?

I also installed Mandrake 9.0 and it seems much more honest--vis-a-vis KD=
E=20
anyway.

I think the Linux distros are seriously trying to challenge MS on the des=
ktop,=20
despite spin doctors saying it's hopeless. And why not?

Hope this confuses!

Lb
--=20
"The city of Frankfurt was bustling and exciting, but to Heidi it seemed =
like=20
a big noisy cage."
=09=09=09=09from "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri
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