[ale] Linux as has-been OS <G>

[William Young]

Well, I've been extremely happy with all of my redhat boxen. I just
installed Open Linux lite. It has a great printer setup tool (with support
for  my  Stylus color) and installs directly from DOS.

OTOH, the packages are old as crap. Lynx 2.4 is one of the more exgregious
offenders. A nice choice if you're installing on a laptop, but with
anything else I'd stick with RedHat.

Will

William Young					catbert at mindspring.com| 
"You have to realize that deep down...they're nuts"
--Disney CEO Micheal Eisner on people boycotting Disney.


On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, cyberjac wrote:

> Has Novell gotton their hands on Caldera also? Does anyone know the pro's and con's about Caldera vs RH?
> 
> ----------
> From: 	Chris Farris[SMTP:chris at perun.room17.com]
> Reply To: 	chrisf at shorty.com
> Sent: 	Wednesday, December 03, 1997 4:33 AM
> To: 	ale at cc.gatech.edu
> Subject: 	[ale] Linux as has-been OS <G>
> 
> > I just got an interesting letter from SCO. It reads:
> > 
> >	"Your Old Linux OS was fine...
> 
> OLD? OLD? My linux was put out a few hours ago, and has all the recent
> security holes plugged. When was your last release? 198<something>
> 
> > 
> > "But, now there's something that blows it out
> >  of the water! Introducing the NEWEST VERSION
> >  of SCO's hot OS...UnixWare 2.1.2...
> 
> Humm, I thought SCO was pushing open server. Why would I want to run
> something Novell has gotten their hands on. Oh sorry Caldera. :)
> 
> >
> > "Dear Linux User..."
> > 
> > "You May Feel Your Linux Is Adequate...
> 
> No, actually I know my Linux is superior. My linux will let me export
> NFS to more than 10 clients, My linux supports NIS. My Linux can run SSH
> without taking 45 seconds to authenticate. My Linux doesn't need it's
> kernel tuned every other week. 
> 
> >  But, Did You Know This?
> > 
> > "1. Linux has no technical support or maintenance.
> 
> Err, wrong. Pick up an LJ. You can find all the support you need in
> there.
> 
> > "2. Linux has no defined strategy for the future.
> 
> This coming from SCO?!?!?!
> 
> > "3. Most important, can your company accept that its viability as a
> > 	business depends heavily on a freeware product maintained by a
> > 	small number of people on an essentially volunteer basis?
> 
> Probably more than it can on your product. At least our linux systems
> stay up.
> 
> > "4. Of course there is a challenging aspect to Linux. Just imagine
> > 	all the fun you get when you encounter a bug and debug the kernel
> > 	yourself."
> 
> Why else would I run it. If/when I find a bug I can get it fixed in a
> few days without waiting for your next release due out in only a few
> months.....
> 
> 
> You know it took 4 hours and a kernel relink to install a new harddrive?
> 
> In linux:
> shutdown -h now
> <install drive>
> fdisk /dev/sdb
> mke2fs /dev/sdba
> vi /etc/fstab
> mount /u
> 
> Chris
> Ex SCO admin.
> 
> -- 
> Will you join in our crusade, Who will be strong and stand with me?
> Somewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see?
> Do you hear the people sing, say do you hear the distant drums?
> It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes.
> 
> 
>