Don't ask why, but I was in PC World last night and I bought two things. RedHat 8.0 and a SITECOM PCMCIA WLAN Card (only �45 and it's Orinoco - works fine in Linux, unlike my NetGear which I just doesn't seem to want to play)
I haven't used RH since v5.1 (and the only cool thing I liked then was the "redneck" option for install language). Lately I've installed quiet a few different distros on my laptop to try them out and try and settle down on one. RedHat isn't the one I'll be staying with! Everything went fine, it's running KDE (I tried Gnome, I just don't like it) picked up the soundcard and the WLAN card without a problem. I just don't like the feel of it. It seems *MUCH* slower than the same laptop running Mandrake 8.2, the graphics (set to 1024x768x24 on both distros) seem chunkier and more patronising in RH. The only thing I liked about it was evolution. Do I have to pay for this if I want to install it on MDK, or is it OpenSource? Maybe I should waste more money on the latest SuSE, I haven't installed that since version 6. I would be tempted to install RH on my webserver which is much in need of a rebuild, but two things turn me off to that idea - 1) Redhat seems to be a very big target for l33t skr1p7 k1dd13s 2) I've already decided upon http://www.sourcemage.org/ for that task, the spells are pure magic! (pun fully intended) Is anyone else starting to dislike RH? Rgds, Ian PS The lack of Scottish cities in the time zone settings doesn't do a lot to endear itself to me!!! ________________________________________________________________________ Scottish Enterprise Network http://www.scottish-enterprise.com Headquarters Address & Contact Numbers 150 Broomielaw 5 Atlantic Quay Glasgow G2 8LU. Tel: +44 (0) 141 248 2700. Fax: +44 (0)141 221 3217 This message is sent in confidence for the addressee only. It may contain legally privileged information. The contents are not to be disclosed to anyone other than the addressee. Unauthorised recipients are requested to preserve this confidentiality and to advise the sender immediately of any error in transmission. _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
