RedHat get a bad rap... (Score 1)

I am unhappy with the way Red Hat software is received by some people in the Linux community. Prior to using RH, I was a devoted Slackware user. I switched to RH to see what all the hype was about. I'll admit, I have only been privy to 5.1, 5.2, and 6.0. But I can honestly say that I have been very happy with the switch. I have never experienced any major bug or installation errors as some claim. Of the small bugs that I have run into, they were easily fixed. This is not to say that others have not had major problems. But in general, I think RH gets an unfair rap from many people. If I were to complain about RH, I might mention the price hike in the most recent version. However, since I can download 6.0 from just about any good ftp site, or purchase a copy from cheapbytes.com for $1.99(US), I don't see why this price hike is such a big deal. I could alo complain about how some RPM packages are setup in a non-standard way. However, I am not forced to use RPM packages as I can compile and install on my own with little or no trouble. In fact, many of the problems I have run into while using RH were due to my own mistake and not theirs. Granted, the latest versions are not without their bugs, but this is easily fixed and RH usually jumps on this pretty quickly. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to start some religious debate about which distro is the best. Nor is RH the be all, end all of distros. I just think that because of its high profile and media attention, RH is getting an unfair rap for what is otherwise a decent distro for both developers and regular users.

Mark