[SC.LUG] So, are RedHat ditching the home user market?

[Neil Lucock]

On Monday 03 Nov 2003 5:16 pm, Mike Stuart wrote:
> Here is a question for the group.
>
> <ramble undertone="rant">
> Are RedHat ditching the home / small business user by dropping the boxed /
> download redhat distribution?
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I've always been a Mandrake fan, they release their iso's to the world, it's 
generally nice to use (better than RH, perhaps a little bit behind SuSE in 
some areas) and more up-to-date than Debian. 
The other option you might want to look at is FreeBSD. There's a Linux 
compatability thingy that lets you run Linux programmes and their ports 
system is copied by Debian's apt-get. Hardware support isn't as extensive as 
with Linux, but it's easy enough to install and runs KDE etc. if that's what 
you want. It's a free download and the little red demon is way nicer than the 
penguin ;-)
I downloaded Shrike (RH 9) and wasn't impressed. I put it on the laptop and it 
booted KDE without a mouse. OK, you can fix it, but I was not impressed.

neil