Red Hat 8.0 For KDE Users (And Newbies)

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 8, 2002 @03:05AM from the simple-is-better dept.

pantropik writes "OSNews has been giving quite a bit of bandwidth to Red Hat's newest offering lately. This article, which generated quite a bit of controversy in the comments section, detailed a new user's 'frustrations' with the new release. The latest article, written by yours truly, is rather lengthy, explaining such things as adding 3D drivers, missing MP3 functionality, DVD decoding, using APT with RHL, and customizing Red Hat's modified KDE. At the end, I wrap up with my impression -- as a simple user -- of this 'crippled' KDE implementation. Of course, you can also check out this story, which takes a look at RH 8.0 from 'Joe and Jane User's' perspective."

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Re:Same here by Cyno · 2002-10-08 05:02 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Yes, exactly. Linux is slow because nobody knows how to properly configure their own boxen. I'm sorry to point this out, but these type of articles are the most annoying to a professional who has been working on linux for the last 5 years. Obviously its slightly slower than other OSs, its still under heavy developement, but please save the "My notepad takes 5 minutes to load" comments for the newsgroups. Want help? That's different. But don't knock Linux if you don't understand it.