Red Hat 8.0 Released 778
I_am_Rambi writes "RedHat has released their latest OS, 8.0. Here is Red Hat's ftp site for download and some mirrors. If you need help there's a Howto." Jeet81 adds: "Red Hat is out with a new release, Red Hat 8.0. Looks like Red Hat is moving towards the windows XP style using its new Bluecurve graphical interface (the new default email client 'Ximian Evolution' looks a lot like MS Outlook)." So what's the verdict on Null or Bluecurve or whatever it's called? Good idea, bad idea?
Dammit! (Score:4, Funny)
yes (Score:3, Funny)
Yes... one of those 2. Or maybe something in between.
from the RH website... (Score:2, Funny)
Introducing Red Hat Linux 8.0, a user-friendly Linux operating system.
OK but does it pass the Grandma test? I can just hear myself now, "OK Grandma, type vee-eye "frontslash" etc/hosts... no wait, frontslash... no, not the one above the RETURN key... wait, yours is called the ENTER key?" Still, the "dumbing down" of the interface all in all is a great step in the right direction to capturing new mindshare.
Re:Rethat is for weenies (Score:5, Funny)
That's right... All 3 of 'em do !
Re:I think bluecurve sucks... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I think bluecurve sucks... (Score:3, Funny)
Mandrake rules (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yay... (Score:5, Funny)
Aww, c'mon now! Five disks isn't that bad. That's only a little over 7 meg. I remember when a full Slack distro was over 30 disks...
What? What's that you say? Five what ?
Sage Advice (Score:1, Funny)
Re:You guys still use HTTP to get this? P2P! (Score:2, Funny)
I'm not sure. Maybe it's because I am able to download at 95% of my max speed immediately from an FTP site, instead of waiting for three hours to download at 10%.
Okay, back on topic. Red Hat should be able to bundle any themes that they'd like along with their distribution. This particular interface does not seem as daunting to Windows users as the default Gnome team, and that will make them more comfortable. When I first ran KDE (which was not long ago, I admit), I immediately switched to the Redmond theme, because it looked much more familiar. That's just what this is about.
Re:which is faster? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Rethat is for weenies (Score:5, Funny)
But you can't tell young people that today. They are too spoiled. Why I remember hacking a copy of OS 390 onto my TRS-80 Model 1 using a 4 baud modem running Morse Code emulation. I used the RPG compiler to build a damn refrigerator. You try and do that with a sissified Make linker today and you'll be drinking warm milk that's for sure.
Nurse, I need a thumper.
Re:FP! (Score:3, Funny)
I feel reassured. Thank you.
AAFonts (Score:3, Funny)
Thanks!
next theme (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Screenshots... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yay... (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, the CDROM's run an ISO9660 filesystem, and both the filesystem and media are read-only. fsck will do you no good, so save it for your hard drive...