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It's 14 May 98  13:28,
We'll return to Cooper@Mindless.com and All's
discussion of Caldera Vs RH5

 Co> If you're a newbie, RedHat will be *MUCH* easier to install, but I
 Co> find the more direct working of Slackware preferable. Just a matter of
 Co> taste I guess. Can't say what Caldera's like as I've never tried that
 Co> flavor...

I prefer Red Hat myself, even if only for the reason I don't have the
time to maintain and document a Slackware style system.  Tools like RPM
and the X based control panel make administration more time efficient.

 > 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.

 Co> Chances are that various other tools from RedHat or whatever can do
 Co> whatever those do... on all platforms I might add...

Red Hat will integrate well with Netware.  It comes with a Netware
server and (I think) the ncpfs tools to mount Netware volumes.  I've had
success with the mars-nwe server supplied with Red Hat.

 > * I'll be having PC's and Macs access this machine.

 Co> They'll access using TCP which is (should be) OS-independant.

And if you need filesystem access, Red Hat comes with Samba (for serving
to Windows clients), Appletalk (in the kernel) and netatalk (for sharing
to Macs), as well as the previously mentioned mars-nwe for providing
Netware services.

... People will act rationally when all other possibilities are exhausted.
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