Re: Caldera Vs RH5

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From: Matt McLeod
Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 00:00

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lsayre@IntegrityOnline13.com wrote:
> In article <6jm4r2$ev5$3@attila.apana.org.au>,
>   Matt@McLeod.dropbear.id.au (Matt McLeod) wrote:
>>
>> Tom Fahey <tom.fahey@virgin.net> wrote:
>> : As a newbie I tried Caldera and found it ok, tried RedHat 5 and could not
>> : get X to start.  However, since then I've got SuSE 5.2 and have had no
>> : problems with it.  It comes on 4 CDs with a great book and installs
> without
>> : difficulty.
>>
>> Is there an English version of SuSE?  I got the impression that they were
>> going to stick to German-only.
>>

> There is an English version!  Go to http://www.suse.com/index_us.html where
> you will find the complete 4 CD plus 400+ page book English version for $49.

> I picked mine up from Linux Mall for $35 (same registerable package that SuSE
> sells for $49), and like Tom Fahey above, I find it to be great.  My prior
> Linux experience with Caldera 1.1 Standard was not nearly as enjoyable.

Now for the difficult one.  :-)

Do they do a PPC version?  I escaped from the x86 world a while back,
and don't plan on going back any time soon.

-- 
Matt McLeod,                    
<Matt@McLeod.dropbear.id.au>      
http://attila.apana.org.au/~mjm

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From: Matt McLeod <mjm@attila.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: Caldera Vs RH5
Date: 1998/05/18
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