“In the December issue of PC World magazine, there was
brief coverage of the then-upcoming (now out) Corel Linux
distribution. The article puts the fledgling Linux flavor in a
very good light, but it does so at the expense of Corel’s
competition. The piece also calls credibility into question
because it’s inaccurate. … Within the article, PC World
asserts:
‘But first you have to configure things like printers, dial-up
connections, and networking—just as you would when installing
Windows. Getting these essentials working under Red Hat Linux or
almost any other competing version means using Linux’s collection
of arcane command-line utilities and configuration files, a task
that has driven more than one Linux newbie back into Microsoft’s
arms.’
With the release of Red Hat 5.2 (and up), the configurations of
nearly all devices are accomplished via GUI interface tools
(although the user can opt to configure said devices via those
arcane command-line scripts). … As of Red Hat 6.1, dial-up
connections are made even simpler with the Red Hat Dial-up tool.
… And what about printing? In Red Hat Linux, printing is handled
through the printtool front end—yet another GUI configuration
tool. With printtool, the user can configure nearly any type of
printer (local, remote, smb, and even NetWare), all in one simple
interface.”
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