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Im about to examine some different OS, tried out NT, Win95 so far. Now
heading for LINUX and
then OS/2 I think. They say LINUX is really great and that is one of the
few OS increasing in popularity,right? I should apprechiate some simple
information;
How much disc-space is required by RH5 ?
I heard it comes on two CDs ?
Are there any major advantages of using LINUX instead of win95?
Where can I get applications to LINUX, such as C++ and Java compilers,
emailclients etc etc ?
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Quote:> How much disc-space is required by RH5 ?

Quote:> I heard it comes on two CDs ?

Quote:> Are there any major advantages of using LINUX instead of win95?

Quote:> Where can I get applications to LINUX, such as C++ and Java compilers,
> emailclients etc etc ?

here's some good web sites to get started on

www.linux.org
sunsite.unc.edu/LDP
www.redhat.com
www.debian.org
www.cheapbytes.com

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: Im about to examine some different OS, tried out NT, Win95 so far. Now
: heading for LINUX and
: then OS/2 I think. They say LINUX is really great and that is one of the
: few OS increasing in popularity,right? I should apprechiate some simple
: information;
: How much disc-space is required by RH5 ?
I'd recommend any where from 200meg-1gig depending on what all you want to
stuff it with.
: I heard it comes on two CDs ?
Yes one with the binaries and one with the source.
: Are there any major advantages of using LINUX instead of win95?
Yes, more stable, opensource, less bloat, less restrictive etc.
: Where can I get applications to LINUX, such as C++ and Java compilers,
Well gcc(gnu c/c++ compiler) comes with it by default. I don't follow java
that much so I don't know where you can get the best java compiler for it.
: emailclients etc etc ?
pine works great for me YMMV
Take a look at http://www.linux.org/ and http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP
Last url may be wrong I'm always forgeting where sunsite is.
: Please mail me at :

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Quote:> : Where can I get applications to LINUX, such as C++ and Java compilers,
> Well gcc(gnu c/c++ compiler) comes with it by default. I don't follow java
> that much so I don't know where you can get the best java compiler for it.

I've just installed it on a Pentium P60 (old bit of kit) with 16MB RAM
and a 3.2Gb drive. I think I can fairly say that it run X-Windows as
fast (if not faster) as W95 on a P150. Mind you that's just my
impression, I havn't done any sort of benchmarking.

Go for it - it's *cheap* if nothing else!

Jim
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1) There just weren't enough native applications for OS/2. People say
the same thing about Linux, but it's not true (unless you want to do,
say, DTP --- there is no equivalent to PageMaker or QuarkXpress for
Linux -- yet).

2) OS/2 is seriously lacking in end-user support. Ask IBM? Their
people are very nice, but it's kinda hard to find anyone who knows
OS/2. Ask a newsgroup? I've tried it a few times, but noone ever
answered my questions. Search the web? Pretty slim pickings. There are
a very few excellent OS/2 sites, but most of the others haven't been
updated since 1994 or so. As you may be finding out, there's no
problem getting the info you need about Linux.

To sum it up, OS/2 is a great OS -- and the fact that it's not
widely-used or well-supported is tragic, but nonetheless true. Maybe
IBM just had bad timing or something. Linux is also a great OS -- and
it seems to be in the right place at the right time.

Okay, now you can flame me (not that I intend to respond ;-)

Matt Gushee
Oshamanbe, Hokkaido, Japan

  I agree O/S 2 is a great operating system,  though I use Linux, and will
continue to do so,  I still think O/S 2 is great.  Much better than that
other GUI operating system.  Hell XFree86 has even been ported to O/S 2 and
for any O/S 2 users who might have inadvertantly wandered in and for all you
other linux users you might want to point your browser to the PowerIUsers BBS
web page.  Tons of links to all things great for Linux, O/S2, and X.
Have fun.

spake unto us, saying:

Quote:>Funny you should mention OS/2. I used Warp for about 2 years, and I
>still miss some things about it. OS/2's Workplace Shell is, in my
>opinion, by far the best-designed GUI in existence (excuse me while
>I run to get my asbestos suit).

Quote:>So why did I switch to Linux?

>1) There just weren't enough native applications for OS/2. People say
>the same thing about Linux, but it's not true (unless you want to do,
>say, DTP --- there is no equivalent to PageMaker or QuarkXpress for
>Linux -- yet).

Quote:>2) OS/2 is seriously lacking in end-user support. Ask IBM? Their
>people are very nice, but it's kinda hard to find anyone who knows
>OS/2. Ask a newsgroup? I've tried it a few times, but noone ever
>answered my questions.

Oh well.  Linux is good also.  Much better in some ways, but not quite
as good as the WPS yet in GUI-land.  Perhaps in time!  :-)

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