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Glenn wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm a  newbie to Unix and C. I have successfully dabbled with slackware for
> a while but am finding it a little overwhelming when I have to solve
> problems with in a tight time frame, particularly with no real
> documentation.
>
> I get the impression that both caldera and RH5 are easer to setup and
> 'drive' and am thinking of moving to one of these.
>
> What I'm doing is soliciting opinions and experiences to help me decide.
>
> Here are some other things I have to consider:
> * This machine will be in a netware environment and caldera's dist comes
> with proprietery clients tools for this.
> * I may be about to have a SPARC 20 fall in my lap and RH5 exists for SPARC
> I believe? Does calderas?
> * One program I want to run requires a package called LinuxThreads, which I
> know RH5 comes with installed. I have not been able to get this going under
> slackware 3.something. Does caldera come with this?
> * I'll be having PC's and Macs access this machine.
> Thanks for any comments,
> Glenn
> ( If your news reader lets you email straight to me and the forum, I'd
> appreciate it, thanks again)\

  Glenn,
I run both RH5 and Caldera Standard side by side.  As far as Novell inter
operability Caldera
wins hands down (after all, look at who "runs" Caldera!).  RH5 can log into
and access files
from Novell (as any linux can) using MARS.  I do think that unless you get the
"Standard"
version of Caldera that RH5 is more feature rich.  I run both NW 312 and 4.10
with PC's using
both linux boxes as NFS servers.  I also use NetATalk.  If I had to make a
choice and give up
one of my linux systems, I'd keep the Caldera.
Hope this helps a bit.
Rick Clow