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Red Hat 8.0 Released
I_am_Rambi writes "RedHat has released their latest OS, 8.0. Here is Red Hat's ftp site for download and some mirrors. If you need help there's a Howto." Jeet81 adds: "Red Hat is out with a new release, Red Hat 8.0. Looks like Red Hat is moving towards the windows XP style using its new Bluecurve graphical interface (the new default email client 'Ximian Evolution' looks a lot like MS Outlook)." So what's the verdict on Null or Bluecurve or whatever it's called? Good idea, bad idea?
Remember fellow debianites, Microsoft is the competition, but redhat is the enemy
Hi!
It is appropriate really that RedHat is mentioned in the same context as kazaa. In fact RedHat is just as much a violation of the concept of intellectual property as is a MP3 by Kraftwerk, etc.
All right-thinking people should
a) insist that it be referred to as GNU/RedHat - even the most cynical must admit that there could be no product without the GNU contribution
b) encourage RedHat as a body to make some kind of recognition of the FSF in terms of financial contribution
and
c) strive to choose Free alternatives where they exist. Do not forget the GNU Hurd is now a viable kernel and you have the added advantage that it is not just "Open Source" but really Free.
If you really care about the future of software and don't want to see one corporate behemoth simply replaced by another you must resist putting RedHat on that same podium Microsoft occupy. You own the software in common trust already, you don't have to pay for it again!
Cheers,
GNU/Wolfgang
you fucking retard, you wiped the whole installation coz you couldn't compile apache
Reminds me of when I first saw the "start" button. Why would anyone click on the "start" button when the box is already running? Counter-intuitive - unless you're a woman - they seem to like trying to start cars that are already running (cue sound of gears grinding).