- Platform: Linux
- Media: CD-ROM
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Product Features
- A good introduction to Linux for new users
- Guides, office suites, games, and services
- Red Hat-tested 2.4 kernel
- XFree86 4.0.3 for improved 3-D graphics
- New Mozilla Web browser
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Redhat Linux 7.1 Deluxe Edition is aimed at work-station users but includes server software and an automated server (as well as a laptop) installation routine. Important upgrades include the 2.4 kernel, Gnome 1.2, KDE 2.1.1, XFree86 4, support for "hot-pluggable" USB devices, automatic firewall setup with ipchains and better support for recordable CD-ROM devices. It also does an excellent job of hardware detection.
The slick Anaconda installation routine automatically installs Linux if it's all you want on the PC. You need to interact to install Linux as a second OS on a Windows PC but this, too, is easy.
Gnome remains the default desktop but KDE can now be made the default, though install both and you can choose between Gnome and KDE at boot time. It's by far the best KDE setup Redhat has given us since it adopted Gnome. Even better Gnome includes KDE menus and vice versa.
As usual, more software is installed than you need and some items you will need--such as StarOffice 5.2--are a separate installation. Among the nine CDs are two game CDs--demos from Loki and over 300 other games on the Binge! (sic) CD.
The Power Tools CD contains various utilities--none of which you need (or they'd be installed already). The Applications disc contains a variety of commercial apps and demos including Yahoo! Messenger and Acrobat Reader. The documentation is good, but for a user who also has to maintain the system rather than just use it, we'd recommend Running Linux to go with it.
There are niggles. Unlike Suse 7.1 it failed to set up icons for our CD-ROM drives in Gnome or KDE despite claiming to do so. It's dispiriting for a new Linux user to have to figure out how to do something as basic as read a CD--it does Linux no favours. Otherwise it's excellent. --Steve Patient
Product Description
Red Hat Deluxe Workstation is an ideal introduction to Linux for new users. In addition to the Red Hat Linux operating system, Deluxe Workstation gives you comprehensive guides, office suites, games, and services to help you get started. This version incorporates the 2.4 kernel that has been thoroughly tested by Red Hat, and also features improved support for hot-pluggable USB devices and recordable CD-ROMs. This version is also laptop installation class, enabling PCMCIA support by default. There is a new focus on security, with more secure default settings and firewall configuration during installation. Other features include XFree86 4.0.3 for improved 3-D graphics, a flexible printing configuration tool that supports over 500 printers, and the introduction of Mozilla, a Web browser.
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