Very Computer

In the ring are:

Defender : MICROSOFT WINDOWS 95 / 98 / NT4

Challangers: CALDERA 1.3 and REDHAT 5.2

Looking for a vaiable alternitive to MS i went to the shop and bought
both of the challangers because i read that either one of these two
versions of linux would be out of the box alternitives to MS.
I started with CALDERA as it came with some software to install after
installation that if i implemented a linux box in a office situation
the user could do standard office tasks. So i read the install notes
and after repartitioning my hard drive proseeded with the CD BOOT
install. All seemed easy enough and it installed as said.
LILO kicked in and both my OS's worked fine Linux and Win'98 on the
same system very nice.  This is where the first problem showed its
self !!!! NETWORKING, after many hours trying to configure my
supported network card i gave up ( 1 minute flat in all versions of
Windows ) since linux is mainly a networking product i found setting
up a network card should be one of the prioritys in easy
installations.
So i turned to REDHAT 5.2 becuase i read in the box that it sets up
network cards within the install.
So deleted CALDERA and started a fresh with READHAT.
Again the install was easy and both OS's worked together.
And yes my network card was detected and configured in seconds.
This where the second bit of stress showed its self. XWIN.
Now with REDHAT i got this working in VGA mode which was good enough
to get a internet connection via router and find out that i needed to
upgrade to the server SVGA 3.3.3.1 to support my Matrox G200 video
card. So i searched REDHAT for this update and found what seem to be
hundreds of seperate files that i had to download and install, got
very confussed at this so visited CALDERA and thats where i found a 1
file RPM relivant to my needs and downloaded that, that solution fixed
my server needs.
So far this is as far as i have got in my linux adventures, to
summerise:

I am now running Windows '98 and Redhat 5.2 on the same system because
Redhat gave me network support from the start.

After the first rounds of this contest, i have come to the opionion
that if Linux is to be a serious contender it needs the big players in
the game to jion up and work together since both versions blended
together would give a great OS. I am still exploring my new linux
system and look forward to the day when i can offer it as a real
alternitive to MS.

I would like anyone who feels they would like to jion me in this END
USER discussion to email me at

Just a side note - as it was discussed a lot, if you'd go to dejanews
and look there, you'll find a multi-volume investigation ;-)

Andrei

[schnibble]

mawa
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Try SuSE6.0 ! Will come out soon in the U.S.
5.3 was already better (especially for beginners) than everything
Caldera or RedHat had to offer.
Networking and X works out of the box, even with newer graphics
cards like your Martrox.

cheers
Andreas

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Yes. Although you'll have to install glibc2 (as well as libc5) to use the
binaries.

: Can I set it up in French as I can do with RedHat?

Yes.

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