As you have installed a new RH9 system, would you care to try our Haifux updates CD I mentioned in an earlier post? Download it from http://www.haifux.org/newcomers/HaifuxUpdates-test2.iso
Alon > Hello All. > > I'm in the middle of setting up Red Hat 9.0 on my new Compaq Presario > 2121EA (effectively a 2100US), and I think this is the right place to > share my impressions: > > Overall, the distro is great! It's a collection of good taste in several > matters. > > Examples of what I call "good taste": > > * They have reverted to a descent Xemacs version. > * The config tools are reasonable and easy to find (command line > redhat-config-*) looking clean and nice. > * The X configuration file is back to XF86Config, without the "-4" suffix. > > In short, a lot of cleanup job has been done since 7.3 (which is the > last I've checked out), and the general feeling is that it makes sense. > It's something I've missed for quite long. > > Except for one major blunder (see below), the entire installation > process went very smooth. Most cards detected well, and most important > -- the computer talks to me right away (as opposed to hanging). A quick > search in the web (http://dominia.org/djao/presario2100us.html) gave me > info to get the X server right, and it's up and running. > > In short, I'm truly impressed. And that's because I've already forgot > the following unpleasant event: > > When booting up the system, anaconda runs, and prompts for installation > language. But that's it. The computer is frozed, nothing moves. So I > said, hey, let's connect a serial cable and get the kernel oops. So I > booted up again, with the kernel parameter console=ttyS0,9600n8 (good > old Norton Commander terminal emulation on the other side). But instead > of an oops, everything ran smoothly. So if it runs, why not install? > > Bottom line: Run the entire installation in text mode over an RS-232 > cable. It works. No problems observed since, so it seems more like an > anaconda problem than a kernel issue. > > Ah, and another thing: The KDE GUI is the final step of the > Windowization of Linux. Not only does it look exactly the same > (including the "Control Panel"), but you have go to "System Tools -> > Terminal" to get a command line interface. Linux, in Red Hat's view, is > not a command-line tool anymore. > > I forgive them for this, only because unlike Windoze, the "backstage" > looks quite well-organized. > > I might also have liked 8.0 as much. I simply haven't tried it... > > Hag Sameach, > Eli > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) > To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- This message was sent by Alon Altman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ICQ:1366540 GPG public key at http://alon.wox.org/pubkey.txt Key fingerprint = A670 6C81 19D3 3773 3627 DE14 B44A 50A3 FE06 7F24 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=[ Random Fortune ]=- "Just think of a computer as hardware you can program." -- Nigel de la Tierre -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
