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Technical Review for Red Hat Linux 9

Posted by michael on from the what's-in-it-for-me dept.

ewilts writes "Dax Kelson from Guru Labs has posted a technical review for Red Hat Linux 9. It's a definite read if you want to get away from the marketing fluff that focuses on eye-candy and instead read about the release from a sysadmin's point-of-view."

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  1. great by Triumph+The+Insult+C · · Score: 5, Funny

    i spend 2 full days downloading the isos, only to read the review and determine i shouldn't bother

    ip security bit stories are good enough ... FOR ME TO POOP ON

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    1. Re:great by mickwd · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey, you don't realise how brilliant Gentoo is.

      Want to get /bin/laden ? Don't send thousands of troops sending over Afghanistan, just use Gentoo:

      In one easy step, "emerge" him from his cave, "download" him to Guantanamo Bay, and "execute" him on the spot.

      What could be simpler ?

  2. A Real Article? by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 4, Funny

    OMG!

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  3. The big question by lseltzer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it support RFC 3514?

    1. Re:The big question by questionlp · · Score: 3, Funny

      I know FreeBSD now has support for that RFC. ;)

    2. Re:The big question by Entropy_ah · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, i'm tired of being left out in the cold on stuff like this. Slashdot should post a story about it or something.

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    3. Re:The big question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, RFC 3514 acknowledges that everything *is* already encrypted so it provides a parallel unencrypted reality via TCP/IP.

  4. That's the april fool's joke by Transient0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    stupid posts will be modded down, intelligent posts modded up. Only this one day a year.

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  5. First Post of the First Real Story! by puto · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank you lord, finally back to my normal nerdiness. Yes, we can now return to our opinionatd, often un-substatiated, rants!

    No more April Fools.

    Of course the real joke could be that no one gonna say the following.

    1. Red Hat Sucks
    2. Debian Rules
    3. Been rolling my own with Gentoo since the dawn of time.
    4. PROFIT

    That would be the real April Fools. No my distribution is better than yours. THAT is what would shock the hell outta me.

    Puto

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    1. Re:First Post of the First Real Story! by athakur999 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now that the BSD's have merged into one Empire, us Linux users need to put aside our differences and form an Alliance to ensure that BSD to teeter on the brink of death as it has for several years.

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  6. Does anyone know by inode_buddha · · Score: 5, Funny

    if it supports the George Foreman iGrill? I'm waiting on the boxed set, and could really use the functionality.

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  7. This must be an April Fool's article... by CommandNotFound · · Score: 2, Funny


    ...considering that at 9KB/second nobody has gotten past ISO 2 of 3 to install and review the thing...

  8. Red Hats? by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 3, Funny

    So now in addition to White Hats and Black Hats, we're supposed to buy into Red Hats? Next thing we'll be getting reviews of Blue Hat, Orange Hat, and Green Hat, or even software named after obscure African antelopes.

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    1. Re:Red Hats? by Eberlin · · Score: 2, Funny

      And according to
      this article, Yellow Hat from the Dalai Lama.

  9. Re:Possible Comprimise? by ArsonPanda · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's an easy fix, once the install reaches about 10% of the way through, reach around back of your box and give the thickest cable a good solid yank. No more screen-shot option.

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  10. My review using Whitespace by Rudy+Rodarte · · Score: 5, Funny



    Thanks

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    1. Re:My review using Whitespace by de_boer_man · · Score: 3, Funny
      Your source wouldn't compile for me.

      I think on line 2 you typed [space][space][tab][cr][space] when you should have typed [space][space][tab][space][cr]. When I made that small change, it worked just fine.

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  11. New Features -- get 'em all out now by guacamolefoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the RedHat site:

    "...evil bit support under IPv4..."
    "...Volkswagen-sized packaging..."
    "...support for /lib/congress/..." [um...I'll leave that one up to the imagination]
    "...support for new hardware, including the Foreman iGrill..."
    "...networks with Windows versions, Macs, and all one version of BSD..."
    "...guaranteed to filter dupes at /...."
    "...guaranteed to filter dupes at /...."

    GF.

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  12. Is this a review or....? by Openadvocate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this a review or a April Fools Joke? Reading Slashdot today, is like watching Fox "News".

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  13. Re:edonkey links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    """upload priority set to 'release')."""

    Are you telling me that if I want to download your porn I have to wait in line behind the nerds downloading linux? Thats not what p2p is supposed to be about!