Re: What OS to use

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From: Michael Dwyer
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 00:00

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Xylen <mctupper@holly.colostate.edu> wrote:
: Okay, I know I'm starting a war here, but I would like to hear people's
: opinions on my question.

MacOS! :)

: Now my question. I am considering installing another OS and making my
: machine dual-booting. I have disks for Windows NT4.0, RedHat Linux 5.0
: and Caldera OpenLinux Lite 1.2. I am not afraid of a text based system,
: but windows support would be nice.

NT40 will NOT be happy in 16Mb.  RedHat, in my experience, used to rely on
X to do stuff a little too much. I dunno much about Caldera.  
Linux would be my choice, but I dunno which one.

: Which OS would be best? Ease of installation, and fairly easy to use are
: important as is network connectivity. (I am on the CSUNET, not dial-up).

I've heard that Caldera is really, really painless...

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