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

[cyberjac]

I was just able to mount my floppy and now i get a message that says =
"unexpected interupt" I went back to my dual boot and tried it under =
win95 and it works fine. Do you know what i can do?

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 From: 	William Young[SMTP:catbert at ding.mindspring.com]
Sent: 	Wednesday, December 03, 1997 3:00 PM
To: 	cyberjac
Cc: 	ale at cc.gatech.edu; 'chrisf at shorty.com'
Subject: 	RE: [ale] Linux as has-been OS <G>

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|=20
"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?
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> 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>
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> > I just got an interesting letter from SCO. It reads:
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> >	"Your Old Linux OS was fine...
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> 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>
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> >=20
> > "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...
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> Humm, I thought SCO was pushing open server. Why would I want to run
> something Novell has gotten their hands on. Oh sorry Caldera. :)
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> >
> > "Dear Linux User..."
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> > "You May Feel Your Linux Is Adequate...
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> 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.=20
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> >  But, Did You Know This?
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> > "1. Linux has no technical support or maintenance.
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> Err, wrong. Pick up an LJ. You can find all the support you need in
> there.
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> > "2. Linux has no defined strategy for the future.
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> This coming from SCO?!?!?!
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> > "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?
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> Probably more than it can on your product. At least our linux systems
> stay up.
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> > "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."
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> 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.....
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> You know it took 4 hours and a kernel relink to install a new =
harddrive?
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> In linux:
> shutdown -h now
> <install drive>
> fdisk /dev/sdb
> mke2fs /dev/sdba
> vi /etc/fstab
> mount /u
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> Chris
> Ex SCO admin.
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> --=20
> 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.
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