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Red Hat 8.0 Released

Posted by michael on from the pink-tie-linux-available-at-your-local-cheap-CD-reseller dept.

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?

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  1. I think bluecurve sucks... by stubear · · Score: 1, Troll

    I can't prove it but I think whoever designed the new Redhat UI appears to have copied much of the work I have done on the OBOS GUI (hopefully to be used in the R2 release), the only real differences being the tabbed titlebar and repositioning of some of the widgets. Not only did they appear to have copied my work, they didn't do a very good job of it. As with many other *nix GUIs, Redhat overdid the look without truly innovating in the functionality department. Paint a turd and it's still a turd, it's just a different color.