Spend the last couple days using, tweaking and evaluating RH8. I still think it is great, but I already have some little issues with it.

I saw the XMMS problems fatal was complainning about, that XMMS in RH8 don't play MP3 (a solution can be found here). And I had some problems installing a little tool I use for college. Simple problems, but it could be hell for a computer-illiterate user.

Anyway, the Bluecurve theme is pretty cool. The interface is beautiful, clear and user-friendly. Personally, I didn't like the menu arrangement, but I just changed it, no big deal. I think RH8 have a little more graphic configuration tools for trivial stuff, which is great, since most regular users wouldn't do text-editing to setup stuff.

OpenOffice and Mozilla as leading applications is a great winner. Most regular-users I know use only internet and Office suites anyway, this would be great for them.

I think RH8 is very close to what a good Linux desktop should be. It's almost there. With a few more adjustments, we could have a great desktop Linux fitted for regular-users.

Just a thought; A good, user-friendly, computer-illiterate user design desktop Linux would allow grandma like users to embrace Linux. That's great, no doubt, and "power-users" could always switch to Debian or Slackware, if they miss "power-configuring". But the average user? That guy who does not know the Linux kernel, or what it means, but likes to tweak his computer, changing some of its settings (video, behaviors, etc). Would this guy adapt himself to Linux or it will become a computer-illiterate user?