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CPU Review evaluates Redhat 6.0

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the kick-the-tires dept.

fusion94 writes "CPU Review evaluates Redhat 6.0 and gives it an overall grade of "A". The full article can be found at CPU Review. " Check it out, if you like that sort of thing.

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  1. Redhat 6.0 gets an A? Bah! by Hrunting · · Score: 4

    I think the review was an overly simplified view of a highly atypical Redhat installation. The person obviously doing the review has quite a bit more clue than even the average new Linux user if he's choosing fdisk over Disk Druid. While he continually makes reference to how easy it is to setup Redhat from a new user's standpoint, all of the recommendations and methods he gives are for advanced users, not newbies. I'm surprised that he didn't go more into Redhat's recommendations for setting up swap space and disk partitions. In fact, I'm surprised that he didn't simply follow Redhat's guide for new installations rather than simply doing it his way. I wonder if the installation would've gone as smoothly. A better review would've installed the Workstation setup to see if it worked as advertised since that's what a "typical" installation should be. His "nice" GNOME desktop took a little work to get setup. How easy is that for a newbie? Who knows, but I bet it's more difficult than the phrase that he gave it.

    I'm not trying to badmouth Redhat 6.0. In fact, I'm running it now off an upgrade from Redhat 5.2. The upgrade didn't go as smoothly as I would've liked, mainly because I have a bastardized system consisting of weird partitioning, symlinks, and non-RPM installations. I could give a D to their upgrade process in a nice fancy format like CPUReview, but why? My experiences are probably due more to the way I set things up than to Redhat's merits. Their review is the same way. A much more valid review would come from someone who truly was new to Linux, or at least to Redhat. Then you find out how easy it really is to partition space, understand the instructions, and use a Window Manager.

    Personally, I give RH6 about a B, B-. I give this review a D+, enough to pass, but not enough to mean anything more than it was done.

    NOTE: of course, with the ever-increasing number of test cases of Linux in the computer media community, it's getting tough to find someone green enough to function as a "Linux newbie".