Red Hat 8.0 For KDE Users (And Newbies)

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."

Comments

USENET

[KelsoLundeen]

Ever heard of usenet?

Last I looked the RH ISOs were on nearly every CD group, just waiting to be snagged.

This is off-topic, but lately I'm finding that more and more people have absolutely no idea what usenet is. I mentioned this to one of our new IT guys here -- a so-called "hot-shot" just out of college -- and wondered if usenet "sells DSL because he can't get it through AT&T."

Re:USENET

[bsharitt]

and wondered if usenet "sells DSL because he can't get it through AT&T."

Well do they? I can't get it from Bellsouth either.

(Note: I'm only pretending to be someone who doesn't know what usenet is. I'm well aware that it's an operating system, not an ISP)

Re:USENET

[unicron]

Actually, for roughly $20 a month, Giganews is the equivalent of walking through Compusa's software section with a shopping cart and a shotgun.

Re:USENET

[Kashif Shaikh]

This is off-topic, but lately I'm finding that more and more people have absolutely no idea what usenet is. I mentioned this to one of our new IT guys here -- a so-called "hot-shot" just out of college -- and wondered if usenet "sells DSL because he can't get it through AT&T."

For fuck's sake, don't tell people about usenet!! In my local broadband area, it used to be the fastest for downloading "stuff"!! I was downloading at 300K/s about 2 years ago...and 200K/s during peak hours.

But people like you tell everyone how great the usenet is...hell I don't even tell my brothers 'cause they'll start leaching mp3s all day long. But 'tis too late...I now tread along on usenet at 100-120K/s, and 60K/s during peak times.

Repeat after me:
- People don't need to know the treasures in usenet
- People don't need to know the treasures in usenet
- People don't need to know the treasures in usenet

If you live in the Toronto/Mississauga/Brampton Area of Ontario, Canada--don't goto usenet. It's just a boring chat network okay? You're better off with your Yahoo's and MSNs...

Re:USENET

[felipeal]

(Note: I'm only pretending to be someone who doesn't know what usenet is. I'm well aware that it's an operating system, not an ISP)

You're wrong. Usenet is just a kernel. GNU/usenet is the operating system.

Re:YOUR DAYS ARE LIMITED WINDOWS!

[bbh]

Actually it was the use of pico that I found most appalling...
Doesn't mum know vi?

bbh

Say that again?

[Anonymous Coward]

Apparently, the GPL prevents including code from patented, non-open/free protocols (I don't know the exact clause, but I'm pretty sure it's true). This means that all of the mp3 players out there are actually in violation of the GPL.

Are you on acid or something? Even if the GPL forbid the use of patented methods (It doesn't), did you even stop for the picosecond it would take you to realise that there are non-GPL MP3 players?

At least you got something right: RedHat removed all MP3 software due to Thompsons fuzzy licencsing terms regarding free software. Use Ogg instead (Or download the mpg123 RPM's yourself if you really must).

Re:note to newbies

[xmutex]

he has lots of children! httpd, atd, smbd, and cron to name a few.