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Red Hat 7.3 Coming Along

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-headgear-is-so-stylish dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "I just read a review of a beta version of Red Hat 7.3 (code named Skipjack) over at Linux Journal. It's not the most complete review (being a little KDE heavy and GNOME shy, as well as focusing mainly on the install and desktop components) but it's a decent read. From the article: '...if you are a desktop user like me and you like the latest software, you will be hard pressed to find a more complete and usable piece of software...'. If you're feeling adventurous you can download the latest beta from a Red Hat mirror site."

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  1. stable compiler by Jacek+Poplawski · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How long will I wait for RedHat or Mandrake contain ing stable gcc ?
    You know - gcc-2.96 was nice joke, but I still want my 2.95.3! Will they switch from 2.96 only to 3.x.y, becouse it's higher?
    At least there is Slackware...

    1. Re:stable compiler by glwtta · · Score: 1, Flamebait
      as far as I know 2.96 is 3.0.x, or at least closer to it than to 2.95.3

      It's actually gotten a bit better, sure it's not 2.95.3 but it works for most things, and has come to the point where it's not worth the effort for me to replace it, if I'm setting up a server system. Which is all I ask of RedHat.

      --
      sic transit gloria mundi
  2. Old by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is it my imagination or has slashdot fallen behind on linux news? No. Seriously. This isn't a poor attempt at flamebait. A link to this story was put on many other linux advocacy sites at the beginning of this week. How can we make sure that slashdot remains at the front end of things and not at the back end ... otherwise, why come here and discuss old news?

  3. If you like the desktop... by joestar · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    you will be more pleased by using Mandrake 8.2 than any version of Red Hat. Don't forget: Red Hat is designed as a traditionnal Unix replacement, while Mandrake is designed as a Windows XP with Linux kernel (and solidity).

    I'm afraid many ones should twice before considering Red Hat (which is a great distro) for their desktop environment.

  4. I'm sick of this crap... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here we are talking about RedHat beta on slashdot. Who cares? Suse 8 is out now and it kicks butt on RedHat and always will. It has KDE 3 now.