Red Hat Linux is probably the best-known Linux distribution. It is well-supported by commercial software, and tends to be easy to install and have good hardware support out of the box. Redhat Linux would make an excellent desktop or server operating system.

Red Hat Linux features Bluecurve, an easy-to-navigate interface with intuitively organized menus. Bluecurve has been upgraded in Red Hat Linux 9 and now extends to more areas of the operating system, including the menu and layout of the desktop. Red Hat Linux 9 features include:

• First introduction of new threading technology: NPTL (Native POSIX Thread Library)
• OpenOffice.org office suite for creation of documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
• Mozilla Web browser , email client, address book, HTML composer and authoring tool
• Ximian Evolution TM email client, calendar and contact manager
• CUPS for drag-and-drop printing capabilities
• Upgraded core components: Linux kernel 2.4.20, GCC 3.2.1, GNU libc 2.3 (with NPTL),
  web server powered by Apache 2.0

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