Epinions Recent Reviews for Red Hat Linux

Red Hat Linux: Excellent OS For Those Who Want Or Need It

Sat, 8 Mar 2003 17:44:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kowrip - I recently purchased Red Hat Linux 8.0 to run on my secondary home computer for software development. I didn't have a fast internet connection at the time, so I paid $15 to get the CDs shipped to me. This was the first time I had been installing Red...

Red Hat Linux: Red hat 7.2 Pro

Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:10:31 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author MitchellSmall - I’m a competent Windows user. I’d better be as that is what I do for a living, but I’m always looking to learn more. I’ve been hearing a lot about Linux, so I decided to explore it. After reading about the different versions, I settled on Red Hat as they...

Red Hat Linux: If I can install it....so can you

Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:56:22 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author 1crzydmnd - Ok. Let's get one thing straight. I am not a computer whiz

and don't claim to be. I do know enough to be dangerous, which can be bad at times. I am a basic user who uses the computer to surf, check e-mail, use spreadsheets and word processing,...

Red Hat Linux: Easier than you think

Sun, 11 Nov 2001 05:01:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author newk_usa - Like a lot of Windows users I was intimidated by LINUX - I dabble in UNIX at work. However I decided to give it a try on a spare DELL Dimension desktop system - but to get some hand holding I chose to go with a package. After one abortive attempt with...

Red Hat Linux: Red Hat 7.2 Update

Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:04:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author whitesf - Updated text is at bottom

Red Hat 7.1

The product listing is for 6.2, but if you go to the store today, you'll find 7.1 on the shelf. This is a very good thing.

Installation

To be honest, I've tried a...

Red Hat Linux: (¯` r00t me! ´¯)

Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:23:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Itztommy - Why Linux?

RedHat is a distribution of the Linux operating system. Linux is an operating system developed by a team of thousands of volunteers worldwide, led by Linus Torvalds. RedHat is a particular collection of software that runs with Linux...

Red Hat Linux: A good one

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:17:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author rneff50 - This is the first distribution I started using when linux got popular. Before this linux was just a kernel that you downloaded, and nobody knew what you were talking about when you told them that you didn't use windows. I have installed versions of...

Red Hat Linux: Redhat(e)?

Thu, 12 Jul 2001 13:25:34 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author PaulBurkett - **Please Note: This opinion is based on downloading ISOs and burning them onto CDs. The version this opinion is based on is Redhat 7.1 (Seawolf) English version**

Redhat has stormed the market with their linux distribution. Redhat is also...

Red Hat Linux: Stable and functional

Sat, 23 Jun 2001 02:25:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author glwillia - I have been using Linux and the BSDs for six years now, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Slackware, Mandrake, Debian, and Red Hat, which is what I switched to. Why? Because, if you want to run a free Unix-like OS on your PC, it's the option with the least...

Red Hat Linux: Red Hat 7.3 - Great product

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:49:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Eutek - After using Redhat Linux 7.2, I gave serious thought to binning Windows and going Linux “full time” on my main PC at home. Unfortunately, there were some major shortcomings with the O/S, mostly on the hardware side, that prevented me from doing so. So...

Red Hat Linux: RED HAT 7 Upgrade - Wasted Time and Money

Thu, 8 Mar 2001 20:20:44 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Muad_Dib - I bought RedHat 7.0 as an upgrade for my well configured 6.2 workstation, thinking I would save time upgrading the OS in the official way (rather than picking packages myself) for an upcoming install of KDE 2.1 Well, I was surely wrong. RedHat 7 is so...

Red Hat Linux: A Newbie's best friend

Sat, 27 Jan 2001 22:08:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - I will admit it. There's just no getting past it anymore. *sigh* I am a Linux Newbie. I am not proud of it, and I will do my best to obtain Guru-hood as soon as I can.

Now that I've gotten that off of my chest, I can get on with...

Red Hat Linux: RedHat 7: The LONG ass review.

Sun, 7 Jan 2001 03:08:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kfj001 - History

This is written in a step-by-step fashion at my experience with RedHat 7 in a workstation scenario. It’s LONG and again, STEP BY STEP. So bear with me.

How I tested...

I tested the ISO/Downloadable version of...

Red Hat Linux: Old is Gold

Mon, 18 Dec 2000 05:55:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dollarspurgeon - Red Hat isn't the first Linux distribution ever, not is it by Linux Torvalds, but it is still the standard when it comes to developer support and troubleshooting. The only other distribution that has managed to reach some acceptable developer support...

Red Hat Linux: Red Hat 7: Finally coming of Age!

Sun, 26 Nov 2000 00:34:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author El_Terrible - My first foray in to Linux was using Red Hat 5.2. However, I found myself expecting more as the system barely set anything up for me in the way of hardware and wasn't as stable as most claimed it to be. After the poor experience that I had with Linux,...

Red Hat Linux: My somewhat pleasent experience

Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:20:35 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author macrode - When Windows 98 died on me, I was about to reinstall it. At the time, I had finished downloading Red Hat Linux 7.0 and decided to give that a try instead. This is the first time I've actually used Linux. The installation took about 2 hours. Some of you...

Red Hat Linux: Save your money and use SLACKWARE!

Sun, 12 Nov 2000 22:02:01 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author rasw - For years I used the $10 Slackware distribution from Walnut Creek software. I never saw the need to spend $70 for free software.

But I finally had to cave in because most commercial Linux software is written assuming a Red Hat installation. My...

Red Hat Linux: Evolution! is Good....

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:46:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author to1oy - Question is, do you believe in evolution. I do, this is why. just when I thought I had found the goose with the golden eggs I found a flock of them. By now you are saying what is he talking about? Well, it's Redhat's Linux 6.2.

Just when I...

Red Hat Linux: Deluxe!!!

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:55:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author to1oy - The first Linux program I used was Redhat 5.2. This program was a sweet operation to someone who was tired of the windows rush. I first used the program as a source for game and just a basic word processor. I would use Microsoft product for everything...

Red Hat Linux: Red Hat Linux 7.0: Was it supposed to come THIS screwed up?

Mon, 6 Nov 2000 03:34:57 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author kfj001 - In the “Linux Community” (a virtual collective of programming nerds, and UNIX veterans) RedHat Linux has built up a reputation of being a defective, buggy and generally low quality distribution. Formerly riddled with serious security bugs, and general...

Red Hat Linux: Is Red hat red HOT?

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 14:18:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ONLYTRUTH - Red Hat Linux 6.1 is a fully customizable operating system. Before I even used Linux, my operating system of most knowledge was Microsoft Windows. I love Microsoft Windows. I think it's a great operating system. But, this article is for Linux.

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Red Hat Linux: A different hat...

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 19:20:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gordell - I just installed Red Hat 6.2 Standard Edition on my computer. This is my second foray into the world of Linux, my first ending without success when I tried to install Turbo Linux.

I found that Red Hat installed without a hitch. It took...

Red Hat Linux: Difficulties in using ANY form of linux as a beginner

Sun, 1 Oct 2000 18:38:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bjisoldi - Well...as someone who has struggled with Redhat, Mandrake, FreeBSD you might think "Wow, he's pretty experienced with *nix". Well forget it, I'm not. I probably understand a lot about one or two things involving *nix, but...on the whole,...

Red Hat Linux: Hints & Tips for the NEW RedHat Linux User

Thu, 28 Sep 2000 04:41:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mhudack - I've been using Linux for some years now, starting with RedHat, moving on to Debian and Mandrake (Debian for servers, Mandrake for workstations), and back to RedHat and Mandrake (RedHat for servers, Mandrake for workstations). RedHat has by far treated...

Red Hat Linux: Like David Slaying Goliath coughwindowscough

Sun, 17 Sep 2000 15:53:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Freejacker - I was a windows fan all the way, until I was forced to get Red Hat 6.2 to make a network between two Linux computers. My friend had forgotten how to make a linux/windows network. At first I was mad. I didn't like the look of it and it seemed so.....