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by **roo** » Tue, 22 Aug 1995 04:00:00

Well, we are approaching the end of the month, when should I expect the
second preview in my mailbox? What features will it have? Will help work?
Will http still be run by default? What the hell?

by **Paul Fulghu** » Tue, 22 Aug 1995 04:00:00

> Well, we are approaching the end of the month, when should I expect the
>second preview in my mailbox? What features will it have? Will help work?
>Will http still be run by default? What the hell?

I was wondering about that myself... I have not seen anything
on the Caldera web site saying anything about the August
release... at least a status report would be nice.

-Paul

by **Neil Mar** » Fri, 25 Aug 1995 04:00:00

>> Well, we are approaching the end of the month, when should I expect the
>>second preview in my mailbox? What features will it have? Will help work?
>>Will http still be run by default? What the hell?
>I was wondering about that myself... I have not seen anything
>on the Caldera web site saying anything about the August
>release... at least a status report would be nice.

I'd prefer to wait rather than take delivery of a product that isn't
ready. Would be a good idea for them to keep us posted. Not
something programmers/geeks as a group are renown for doing, though.

Neil ("Leave me the hell alone until I'm done with this") Marsh

Cheers!
Neil

by **ROBERT OB** » Sun, 27 Aug 1995 04:00:00

: >
: > Well, we are approaching the end of the month, when should I expect the
: >second preview in my mailbox? What features will it have? Will help work?
: >Will http still be run by default? What the hell?
: >

: >

: I was wondering about that myself... I have not seen anything
: on the Caldera web site saying anything about the August
: release... at least a status report would be nice.

: -Paul

Yep,

I sent them mail expressing that suggestion and would suggest the rest of the
Caldera users do the same. The Web page has not been updated since before the
middle of June? Not a responsive bunch considering their apparent focus
towards network users and admins.

Robert A. Ober

etc.............
My employer does not speak for me nor I for them:)

by **Ron Ho** » Sun, 27 Aug 1995 04:00:00

Caldera Network Desktop, Preview II, Status Update
26-August-1995

This is not an official announcement, just an informal update.

Below is a brief overview of the changes and new features that will be found
in Preview II. This release was originally scheduled for August. Current
forecasts are for a release in September; an exact date is not available.

Some information regarding Preview II was discussed on on the "caldera-users"
email list. To automatically receive information on how to subscribe to this

======================== Caldera Preview II Summary ===========================

Based on Red Hat Commercial Linux 2.0:
* ELF-based, new installation facilities, new package tools...
* See http://www.redhat.com/beta.html (currently in beta)
* (Overview at end of this document)
* Note - this release requires full re-install

New features in Caldera Preview II:
* NetWare printing support:
+ Printing directly to NetWare print queues
+ Command line "nwprint" utility
* Sophisticated backup system:
+ A Caldera/Linux port of MTI's "BACKUP.UNET" product
+ This package sells for $750 on other Unix platforms
+ See http://www.caldera.com/bu.html for details
* New WWW browser
+ Terran's "Muxxer" (http://www.terran.net/)
+ Ported from MS Windows source using Willows' porting tools
* CRISP "Lite" editor included
+ A version of Vital's CRiSP text editor
+ Similar to the Brief editor
+ Now the default text editor

Other Improvements in Preview II:
* Bugs fixed in Desktop Metaphor, NetWare client
* Additional documentation

=========================== Red Hat 2.0 Summary ===============================

Here's a feature list for Red Hat 2.0 from Red Hat (http://www.redhat.com/):
* Complete ELF distribution.
* Fully upgradeable to future Red Hat releases with no reinstallation.
* Compliant with version 1.2 of the Linux File System Standard.
* Red Hat Motif and Library products (add-on products available
separately) will seamlessly install and work.
* RPM: New package system
* Faster
* Rebuild everything with a single command
* Handles configuration file modifications
* Failsafe upgrades
* Easier documentation searching
* GLINT: New graphical package manager
* Hierarchical package browsing
* More than ten times faster than the old 'lim' tool
* Easy to use system and package integrity checking
* Enhanced Networking Capabilities
* Includes leading Apache HTTPD preconfigured
* Graphical WWW browser included (arena)
* Secure FTP daemon
* XFree86 3.1.2
* Supports interactive mode configuration
* 868/968 S3 chips allowing nearly all Diamond Stealths to work
* many other enhancements
* Installation
* X based graphical installation
* text based install for machine w/o X capabilities
* supports NFS, CD and FTP based installs
* New and enhanced packages
* XFree86 3.1.2
* Apache httpd server
* Perl 5
* tcl 7.4 w/ tk 4.0
* python 1.2 w/ tk 4.0 support
* gcc 2.7.x
* Latest stable kernel
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by **Ron Ho** » Sun, 27 Aug 1995 04:00:00

>Yep,

>I sent them mail expressing that suggestion and would suggest the rest of the
>Caldera users do the same. The Web page has not been updated since before the
>middle of June? Not a responsive bunch considering their apparent focus
>towards network users and admins.

I just posted an update on Preview II. Sorry we didn't do this sooner.

Our Web site is updated all the time, not always with new documents, but
usually with updates and additions to existing documents. Look again!

Also, there was a message or two regarding Preview II on the caldera-users
email list. Are you on this list? This list, as well as other Caldera
resources, are documented on our Web site. See the Technical Reference
Help-Desk in particular.

Hope this helps. Back to work on Preview II...

Ron

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by **Ramiro Estru** » Tue, 29 Aug 1995 04:00:00

> Hope this helps. Back to work on Preview II...

> Ron

> --

I read your update, it is very encouraging. I think in general, no
is in a hurry for the preview ii or the real thing in general. I
think you guys a re doing a good job....

-re
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