All major Linux distributions include a lot of free software applicationsand libraries, which turn Linux into a powerful desktop or server.

Red Hat in particular has done a great job in including numerous applications and libraries which work right out of the box, without much tweaking required.

This is a screenshot tour of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0.

Enjoy!

Terminal Server Client

Terminal Server Client for connecting to Windows Servers

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 comes with a free Terminal Server Client available from the GnomePro site, which lets you connect to an MS Windows Terminal Server. In addition to supporting multiple resolution and full screen mode, it supports multiple protocols like RDP, RDPv5, VNC, XDMP, and ICA. The Terminal Server Client is a front end for rdesktop.

Citrix Client 8.0 for Linux

Citrix Client 8.0 for Linux

Citrix Client 8.0 is another free client that allows Linux users to connect to Citrix Sessions. The client installed smoothly on the default install on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0. However, it was not able to read proxy settings from Firefox. So I had to launch Mozilla once, which created the settings file ~/.mozilla. After that, Citrix Client 8.0 worked flawlessly, and I was able to connect to a Citrix Metaframe 3.0 Presentation Server.

CD and DVD burning application – K3b

K3b – CD & DVD burner

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 came with K3b, which is a CD and DVD burning application. It required no configuration, and was able to detect CD Writer without any issues. On the default install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, K3b is available under Applications Sound & Video -> K3b

Accessing network storage

The default server options

When it comes to accessing files from network storage, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 offers a multitude of selections, including SSH, Public FTP, FTP, Windows, WebDAV and Secure WebDAV. All of these options come with the default install on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0.

Music encoder – Sound Juicer

Sound Juicer