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Executive Summary: Red Hat Linux 7.3
| USABILITY |
Poor |
| CAPABILITY |
Good |
| PERFORMANCE |
Good |
| INTEROPERABILITY |
Fair |
| MANAGEABILITY |
Fair |
| SCALABILITY |
Fair |
| SECURITY |
Good |
Red Hats Red Hat Linux 7.3 makes a solid desktop operating system, but this distributions particular strengths lie on the server side. Still, Red Hat Linux is somewhat of a U.S. industry standard for Linux, and many companies that opt for Linux across their organization will likely select Red Hat.
Cost Analysis
Red Hat Linux 7.3 comes in $59.95 Personal and $199.95 Professional editions. For those who wish to forgo printed documentation and professional support, Red Hat is also available for free download over the Internet.
(+) Ships with latest version of KDE; ships with new printing configuration tools.
(-) Control panel is less conveniently organized than those for Mandrake and SuSE.
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(+) Ships with latest version of KDE; ships with new printing configuration tools.
(-) Control panel is less conveniently organized than those for Mandrake and SuSE.
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