ExtremeTech: Red Hat Beta (Phoebe) Preview

"Gnome2 (2.1.1-2) is still the default desktop environment for Red Hat Linux. On the surface everything looks pretty much the same--it still uses the Bluecurve desktop. All the cool stuff is underneath:

• "It runs on kernel 2.4.20-2.2.
• "Cups is now the default printing engine, which means no more lpd unless you choose to install it.
• "The Gnome menu now has an 'open recent' option (The KDE menu also has this but it's turned off by default for some reason)..."

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