Hi Jochen, On 12 Oct 2001, Jochen K�chelin wrote:
> Can anybody tell me about the new features coming > with RedHat 7.2? The real new features? Journaling FS! > I have just visited www.suse.de and was really surprised. > Suse 7.3 - available tomorrow - According to some rumors RH 7.2 will be available on monday. ;) As usual nobody from RedHat is able to confirm this... The few people willing to do so just "shut up". (accidents, abductions by aliens etc...) ;-) > has a huge amount of wonderfull new features, e.g automatic IDE-WRITER > recognition, Kernel 2.4.10 - ISDN Support - Hmm, I know for a fact that the ISDN support from RedHat was usable since 2 or three versions. So this is nothing really new. Neither for RedHat nor for SuSE. > new graphical control-center .... Yast2? > I'am new to linux and I think that it would be much easier to admin my > box with graphical tools instead of typing in the bash - allthough I > make big steps forward with it. Hmm, maybe you are right, but I'm able to observe "junior-admins" working with SuSE Linux. What usually happens is that these people do configure their systems rather quick and easy because of the graphical tools. But as soon as the program they configured doesn't act as expected they are unable to resolve their problems. As soon as there is a major problem, which requires some understanding of the basic workings of the OS, these people are stumped. They never really learned how Unix works and are unable to work with basic tools. Sometimes I even think these people developed some kind of "mental block" which prohibits them from learning the basics of the system... And sometimes, the YetAnotherSystemTool just eats the whole configuration, makes loud belching noises and someone has to start all over again... This happened to someone's sendmail.cf file running on SuSE 7.1. Anyway, it is after all you who has to decide. If you think you are able to work better with a GUI, so be it. Take a look at Mandrake's, SuSE's or RedHat's configuration tools and compare them. Or maybe you'd be better of with the command line interface. > Are there so much improvments in RedHat 7.2, too? I suggest waiting till the new 7.2 release is out and then compare the available features for yourself. You have to decide what is important for you: flashy new features or a rock-stable system (which RH .2 releases have been for a long time...). bye, andreas _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
