You seem to be confusing "Red Hat Linux" with "Linux". I was asking for specific problems with Red Hat as a distribution, as compared to other distributions. While all of your points about development under Linux and X are true, they are true of all Linux distributions. I have done some programming under X, and at times there seem to be far too many options, but really, isn't that what Linux is all about? The fact that there are so many choices is a blessing, not a curse.
Seriously, what instabilities do you see in Red Hat? I've been using it a while, and I currently run RH 5.2 with kernel 2.2.5. I have never had a problem.
Before I started using RH, I used Slackware for about 2 or 3 years. Eventually I decided to try something new, and checked out Red Hat. I'll admit that the Slackware install was slightly easier , but administration on a RH system was a whole lot nicer. Compiling everything by hand gets old fast, especially on my system [p166/48mb].
I've been running Red Hat for about 8 months now, and so far the only program I've ever had crash is Netscape. I hardly blame Red Hat for that.
BTW: I've tried Debian. In fact, its currently on my secondary system [486/66, 64mb]. However, I still haven't gotten it fully configured the way I like it. Stability, yes, but I still have problems getting it to do what I want it to. Its always fun when dselect decides to skip over half the packages you told it to install.
Seriously, the Linux community seems to have split into two groups: people who acknowledge that Red Hat has done a lot of good for the community, and those who constantly throw FUD at Red Hat. Just because its commercial doesn't make it evil or bad. Every day I see posts on Slashdot and other places talking about how Red Hat is instable and buggy, but I've been using it for a wide range of tasks from normal desktop apps to web and ftp servers to anything I could think of programming wise, and I've never had a problem.
Oh, and before people start saying I must work for Red Hat and all that crap: I'm not saying Red Hat is the be all and end all, or the uber-distro. I AM saying that people need to start to acknowledge that RH HAS done good for the community, and that the flood of FUD really does need to stop.
It should be US taking on the uninformed, and trying to show them the path to Linux. It should not be US fighting each other over who has the better distro. I've yet to use a distro that was significantly better or worse than another. Only different.
Not necessarily true. I agree, it went a bit far, but some organizations do like to have fun with April Fools. For example, the college which I attend, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, did up a remake of the web page for April Fools. However, they were smart enough to make it so that only IPs from within the wpi.edu and wpi.net domains actually were redirected to the parody page. Normal users still see the normal page (although they can get to the parody one).
For anybody who wants to see a whacked out college on crack for April Fools, check it out:
Make sure to reload many times, as the page actually changes when you reload it (the normal one does too). Also, the link on the left of the main image that is to a story about the college does work, and they are quite funny:)
When I was in Prague [and other parts of the Czech Republic], you could buy all sorts of beer from vending machines. Good beer too:) (much better than the crap we have back in the U.S.)
You could also buy Whiskey and Coke in a can, premixed, among other things. I was amazed when I saw it... black can with the black Jack Daniels label on it, with JD and Coke inside:)
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Well... actually, in my LUGs software library we have a copy of Red Hat 2.0 autographed by Linus :P Its kinda neat.
You seem to be confusing "Red Hat Linux" with "Linux". I was asking for specific problems with Red Hat as a distribution, as compared to other distributions. While all of your points about development under Linux and X are true, they are true of all Linux distributions. I have done some programming under X, and at times there seem to be far too many options, but really, isn't that what Linux is all about? The fact that there are so many choices is a blessing, not a curse.
Seriously, what instabilities do you see in Red Hat? I've been using it a while, and I currently run RH 5.2 with kernel 2.2.5. I have never had a problem.
Before I started using RH, I used Slackware for about 2 or 3 years. Eventually I decided to try something new, and checked out Red Hat. I'll admit that the Slackware install was slightly easier , but administration on a RH system was a whole lot nicer. Compiling everything by hand gets old fast, especially on my system [p166/48mb].
I've been running Red Hat for about 8 months now, and so far the only program I've ever had crash is Netscape. I hardly blame Red Hat for that.
BTW: I've tried Debian. In fact, its currently on my secondary system [486/66, 64mb]. However, I still haven't gotten it fully configured the way I like it. Stability, yes, but I still have problems getting it to do what I want it to. Its always fun when dselect decides to skip over half the packages you told it to install.
Seriously, the Linux community seems to have split into two groups: people who acknowledge that Red Hat has done a lot of good for the community, and those who constantly throw FUD at Red Hat. Just because its commercial doesn't make it evil or bad. Every day I see posts on Slashdot and other places talking about how Red Hat is instable and buggy, but I've been using it for a wide range of tasks from normal desktop apps to web and ftp servers to anything I could think of programming wise, and I've never had a problem.
Oh, and before people start saying I must work for Red Hat and all that crap: I'm not saying Red Hat is the be all and end all, or the uber-distro. I AM saying that people need to start to acknowledge that RH HAS done good for the community, and that the flood of FUD really does need to stop.
It should be US taking on the uninformed, and trying to show them the path to Linux. It should not be US fighting each other over who has the better distro. I've yet to use a distro that was significantly better or worse than another. Only different.
Civ: CtP is out for Linux on April 26. I already preordered mine :)
You can order it from LokiSoft.
- Blaine
Not necessarily true. I agree, it went a bit far, but some organizations do like to have fun with April Fools. For example, the college which I attend, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, did up a remake of the web page for April Fools. However, they were smart enough to make it so that only IPs from within the wpi.edu and wpi.net domains actually were redirected to the parody page. Normal users still see the normal page (although they can get to the parody one).
For anybody who wants to see a whacked out college on crack for April Fools, check it out:
Make sure to reload many times, as the page actually changes when you reload it (the normal one does too). Also, the link on the left of the main image that is to a story about the college does work, and they are quite funny :)
When I was in Prague [and other parts of the Czech Republic], you could buy all sorts of beer from vending machines. Good beer too :) (much better than the crap we have back in the U.S.)
:)
You could also buy Whiskey and Coke in a can, premixed, among other things. I was amazed when I saw it... black can with the black Jack Daniels label on it, with JD and Coke inside