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Article #83Re: Caldera Vs RH5
From: Michael Davis
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
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I wasn't able to get Caldera 1.1 Lite to connect, but RH5 was very easy to get connected. Strange thing about RH5, the default windows manager is a W95 clone........I thought the whole idea was to get away from Windows.........Lesstif can be selected--but again the first thing you'll see after 'startx' is a W95 imposter. RH5 was easy to connect because it has PAP in the GUI as an option. I didn't have to write any scripts at all......thats right NO /etc/ppp/anything..........no chat-script either........ But i do confess, I went back to Windows98 beta. It's nice to go against the grain every now and then, but not practical for 90% of computer users........I beleive some day the world will be perfect and we'll all be using some version of MacOS......or no computers at all. They're my opinions, someone else may think differently. Glenn wrote in message <3559415c.0@news.pip.com.au>... >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)\ > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f906c,f649fde89ca2b4f4 X-Google-Attributes: gidf906c,public X-Google-Thread: 110f50,f649fde89ca2b4f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f50,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,f649fde89ca2b4f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public X-Google-Thread: 1103af,f649fde89ca2b4f4 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public From: "Michael Davis" <mikeky@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: Caldera Vs RH5 Date: 1998/05/14 Message-ID: <6je37p$k0k$1@camel20.mindspring.com> X-Deja-AN: 353118251 References: <3559415c.0@news.pip.com.au> X-Server-Date: 14 May 1998 06:33:29 GMT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux.slackware,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.misc