Redhat Linux 6.2

Having used Linux for a number of years I can often forget how really difficult it can be to setup and run. I read a number of reviews about REDHAT and decided to buy it and install it on my thinkpad laptop. The package came on 3 cd's and had some excellent instructions aimed at computer literate users to the novice PC users out there on how to install REDHAT. First of all documentation is very important with LINUX/UNIX because of the different drivers and ways to install the different components that make the operating system up. I let my boyfriend who has very little past experiance of operating systems install it for me, using the provided instructions. ...  Read the complete review

From another department I nicked a Dell Optiplex GX110 with 128Mb RAM and a P3-500 and opened the Red Hat "getting started guide". I have to say that I've never been a big fan of manuals and found myself slapping CD's in and guessing my way through the install. Immediately I had problems. The GUI was unable to fire up and I could find no troubleshooting section in the manual, so I went through the text version of the install routine. With the exception of GUI problems the NIC and everything else detected perfectly. The mere fact that the lack of GUI didn't hinder installation is a plus. After a little browsing around the Dell ...  Read the complete review

Linux. Some tout the open source freeware operating system as the great solver of all problems. Linux supporters poke taunts at the Windows operating system to the point of developing a screen saver that looks like the BSOD (blue screen of death) that the Windows users know all too well. So is Linux the panacea that end users are looking for? Let's take a look. First off, Linux is an extremely stable operating system. Linux developers brag about their machines which can stay up for days, weeks, months, and years even without needing to be rebooted. They sing the praises of machines that never crash. Basically every major flaw pointed out in other operating ...  Read the complete review

If you have ever thought about installing Linux but have been put off by horror stories about overly complicated installation procedures, this is the distribution for you. For the average home user there are two ways to go about laying your hands on Redhat 6.2, firstly it can be purchased for 53.69 EURO (sorry, cant remember how to get the symbol on my keyboard), this is the standard version and comes with nice packaging, a documation CD, source code, 30 days priority online access to updates and of course the OS itself (I believe you also recieve a floppy boot disk, but could not confirm this on their website). However, If you are fairly competent with ...  Read the complete review

I've used Redhat Linux since version 5 and have always found it to be VERY stable and capable of doing anything that I need. Hardware compatability was an issue in earlier version but is being ironed out as it matures - it even has a basic plug and play system running now. I ran RH6 with Apache , MySQl and SSL as a intranet in my home as a project and although initially it can be tricky to setup once it's done it generally needs very little attention - because it is modular in design adding patches and modules is a snap (eg PHP to Apache) and also with the RPM software there is very little effort in upgrading or installing apps. All in all this is an ...  Read the complete review