ZDNet: Desktop Linux OSes:
Less Pain, Many Gains Jun 1, 1999, 23 :21 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (4045 reads) (Other stories by Henry Baltazar)
Reviews of Red Hat Linux
6.0 and Caldera Open Linux
2.2
"In the past, a painful installation, an
awkward interface and a lack of
technical support prevented Linux from
being even an option for desktop PC
users accustomed to the comforts of
Windows 95 and Windows 98. With their
new releases, Caldera Systems Inc. and
Red Hat Software Inc. have fixed most of
these weaknesses."
"Nonetheless, it will still be somewhat
difficult for most Windows sites to
switch users from Windows to Linux. Both
desktop versions of the Unix-derived
operating system are still harder to use
than Windows."
"In testing these releases, PC Week Labs
found that Caldera Open Linux 2.2
(released in April for $49.95) is the
more polished of the two but that Red
Hat Linux 6.0 (released in May for
$79.95), with its GNOME (GNU Network
Object Model Environment) interface and
Web-based linuxconf administration tool,
has greater potential to make life
easier for network managers. Client
licenses for both operating systems
continue to be free."
