Re: Redhat v9 or v7

From: Jeffrey Silverman (jeffrey_at_jhu.edu)
Date: 10/15/03 

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 09:33:34 -0400

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:54:58 +0900, Ian J Cottee wrote:

> "Jeffrey Silverman" <jeffrey@jhu.edu> writes:
>
>> RHL9 is stable and up to date. I recommend 9 over the 7.x line at this
>> time. (Not everyone recommends 9, but they are wrong). For a desktop
>> experience, I recommend KDE3 over Gnome2 as shipped on RedHat's cd's or
>> downloadable ISOs. The version of Gnome is broken in many frustrating
>> ways. KDE is not (for the most part).
>
> Out of interest - can you give some examples? I use Gnome with RH9 and it
> generally seems fine to me.

Little things, mostly
 * gnome-sound-recorder absolutely is broken
 * Cannot drag-n-drop or "create New" from file menu within Nautilus'
applications:/// URL. You should be able to, to create new start menu
entries. It is possible to reconfigure the installation to work as
advertised, by why should you have to?
 * RedHat's documentation is inconsistent and wrong in many places.
 * other problems I can't remember right now -- it has been a few months
since I stopped using Gnome.

Gnome2 as shipped in RHL9 works fine, for the most part. It just has lots
of little problems that need workarounds to work. workarounds will get
the job done, but they are annoying. KDE3, as shipped by RedHat, has *far*
fewer problems. It is also far more configurable, has far better
integration among "KDE" applications, has good GUI management tools for
things like printing, has a much better CD burning front end than any
"Gnome" CD burner (K3B is *far* superior to Gnome Toaster or X-CDRoast)
etc etc etc....

YMMV. All opinions expressed are those of the individual and do not
necessarily represent the opinion of this station. Batteries not included.
Do not place this posting over your head -- sufocation may result. Not for
children under 3 years of age. 

-- 
    Jeffrey D. Silverman | jeffrey AT jhu DOT edu
Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD
                 Website | http://www.wse.jhu.edu/newtnotes/

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