[huskerlug] Re: A breef comparison

SUMAN wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>This letter is for those guys who already tried Redhat7.3 as also Redmond
>Linux.Can any of you tell me which one is better distro when the main
>purpose of the PC is for personal use.
>It would be helpful for me.
>Thanks to all,
>Suman
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>To: <huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 2:19 AM
>Subject: [huskerlug] BRW ISO THOSE BURNING!
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My 2 cents on Redmond Linux:  I'm a somewhat computer-challenged Linux 
user.  I installed Redmond Linux when it was still Redmond Linux (it's 
now called Lycoris) and like it.  It's the only distribution I've used 
that looked good right off the bat, even the fonts in web browswers 
looked good.  It's configured in a way that is easy to understand and 
use for someone new to Linux.  The base installation doesn't include 
development tools but they're easily installed from a second cd.  My 
only real problem was that the included CD burning software, KonCD, 
wouldn't work. The problem must have something to do with my hardware, 
most reviews and forum comments I've read indicate that it works OK, at 
least for some people.  They have an online update wizard where you can 
download upgrades, and they recently released Upgrade 2.  My experience 
with Upgrade 2 has been infinitely less positive.  I tried upgrading 
online and reinstalled with iso's from a cd and both times my monitor 
display was flashing like a strobe light, even though it correctly 
identified my video card. The only way I could make it work was with the 
included "generic video driver" option and it was really ugly. I think 
you could probably make it work with some tweaking but this is supposed 
to be an easy to use distribution.  I've since reinstalled my original 
Redmond Linux.   I've heard good things about Upgrade 2 so maybe these 
problems are confined to certain systems but it bugs me that it works 
worse than it used to on _any_ system.  The new upgrade includes 
Lycoris's software library that's supposed to provide trouble-free 
package installation wich sounds like a good deal, but if I can't get it 
to install it doesn't do me much good.  Maybe they'll get some of their 
problems worked out in the future, hope so.   Meanwhile, I understand 
that Red Hat is making a real effort to make their new releases easy to 
use, I've read some very positive reviews.  Good luck, I'd like to hear 
about RH7.3 if you or somebody else tries it.       Dale



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