8 May
2000
8 May
'00
7:40 a.m.
Now the problem is that w9x et al has become pervasive
any new OS
one might introduce has to work and play well in that space, thats a PITA!
Linux is ok, I've got Caldara OpenV2.3 and it's not faster than W95 and
it uses just as much space, it aquired all the bloat win has. the advantage
is it's got security. The down side is now you have a user that can't use
word documents and excel spread sheets without conversion. Sharing
files is easy if you fire up samba and try to explain "mounting" so someone
that can nearly say CPU. Thats the problem with better.
Allison
If Caldera 2.3 isn't faster than W95 it's got to be misconfigured.
Boy, it's a lot faster than W98 on the same hardware at work and
much more reliable.
The eDesktop2.4 (I cheated and downloaded the CD the other day because
the update from 2.3 wasn't on the website at a discount yet) looks
pretty quick... I do think Mandrake 7.0 seems to have just about every
option and tool out for Linux on one CD.
I love downloading and burning these ISO images. Cheap, quick (while at
work, anyway), easy.
Bill
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