Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Red Hat
Color: Red Hat Linux 7.1
EAN: 0638347501838
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Red Hat Software
Manufacturer: Red Hat Software
Model: RH31000US
Platform: Linux
Publisher: Red Hat Software
Release Date: 2001-04-26
Studio: Red Hat Software
Product Description:
Red Hat Linux 7.1 contains the basics for setting up a Linux workstation or server. Ideal for the experienced user, this standard package gives you the essentials to upgrade or install new machines. Features new to this version include the Red Hat-tested 2.4 kernel, stateful firewalling capabilities using iptables, XFree86 4.0.3 for improved 3-D graphics, expanded USB support for storage, hot-pluggable devices, and the ability to easily set up and administer DNS, Apache, and printing services.For developers, complete Web, mail, ftp, file, and print servers are included, along with multiple programming languages: C, C++, FORTRAN, Perl, Python, Tcl, and GCJ. There is an updated development toolchain (gcc 2.96-RH, gdb 5.0, glibc 2.2.2), and the popular Web application development tools PHP and mod_perl. This package comes with a 30-day subscription for one system to Red Hat Network Software Manager, which will give you access to Errata Alerts, RPM updates, and a free Red-Hat hat when you configure your system. You will also receive 30 days of Web-based installation support.
Customer Reviews:
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 Don't believe the hype, 2007-01-26
I've used Linux (Red Hat, Slackware, Mandrake), Windows, and Mac, and I can honestly say that Linux, in all its incarnations, is still highly problematic, and not ready for general consumer use.
There are a number of problems with this product:
1. Too many distributions (flavors) means hardware incompatability and application incompatability problems. Application A will work on Red Hat, but will not work on SUSE. Scanner B will work on SUSE, but not on... you get the picture. Sure, you can rig it up to work, but most of us don't want to spend 2 days re-compiling the kernal to get a cheap scanner to work on our system.
2. Support is given out on a volunteer basis (unless you pay for it). Unless you are a UNIX/Linux expert, others in the "community" won't even talk to you, and will probably kick you off their message boards. Linux users don't talk to new users. They don't want people using Linux -it is their little private club.
3. Limited or non-existent USB support. You will have to browse the web for some tool for a workaround.
4. No games -at least major games that have been out in the last 5 years.
5. Very few multimedia applications.
6. Installing applications can be a nightmare, as you eneter "dependency hell." The app needs 13 componants, all of which need to be downloaded from different websites and installed in a specific order.
This being said, Linus has its uses. Mostly as a back-end, enterprise database or email server. It is NOT a desktop OS. Red Hat has dressed it up to look like one. When you find yourself typing 700 lines of code to get your camera to work, you will discover that it is a patch job by a bunch of amateurs.
Go with Mac OSX if you want a stable, secure, powerful, OS with multimedia, and UNIX utilities.
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