I have installed RH8.0 as a second boot and am not having any problems
with it. I never like Gnome so instead installed KDE and every thing work=
s
fine. I had stopped using RH do to such problems but am happy with the
way this one installed and works. I am now using RH8.0 as my main OS
as SuSE8.0 will not recognize my optical wheel mouse.

Clayton Stapleton
On Monday 11 November 2002 11:31 am, Phil Mattison wrote:
> Wow, after reading the last thread I'm really glad I didn't install my =
copy
> of RH8.0 yet. I was saving it for a weekend when I felt like tinkering,=
 but
> I NEVER feel like tinkering THAT much. No one seems to challenge the no=
tion
> that RH does a half-@$$ job on x.0 releases, and I find that very
> disturbing. After paying $140+ for "free" software, I expect to get
> something for my money that's not available if I download the truly fre=
e
> versions. The only reason for paying is the assumption that RH does due
> diligence to see that the included packages work properly and are compl=
ete.
> I tend to assume that x.0 releases are "major" releases, a culmination =
of a
> larger effort than a minor release. It sounds like RedHat's philosophy =
is
> bass-ackwards. Looks to me like the most economical thing for me to do =
at
> this point is toss that expensive gray box in the trash. My time is wor=
th
> more than the $$ lost gambling on RedHat's integrity.