🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:20:51 GMT, Bob Ward <bobward@gte.net> wrote:
>Can you point to one that actually accomplishes this?  I am a fairly
>capable user of Windows, and I've been looking for a version of Linux
>that does what you state.  However, none have yet proven capable of
>installing themselves with anything near the degree of ease of
>Windows.  I've tried Corel Linux, Debian, Mandrake 6.0, Mandrake 7.0,
>RedHat, WinLinux, Phat Linux, and probably a couple more whose nanes
>escape me at the moment.  The closest I have come to success was with
>Corel Linux, where I actually got it to recognize my network card and
>the Internet, but gave up after trying to figure out how to download
>and install additional software such as Corel's own WordPerfect.
>Until Linux can solve the problem of the user having to determine
>which version of the available software will work on his system, and
>make it possible to install additional software without standing on
>your head, it's going to continue to be an oddity much beloved by
>geeks, but not useful in the real world.

I've used Caldera Linux and it worked fine after a few initial snafus.
The whole installation was a snap, answered about 2 or 3 prompts and
away it went, and it even allowed me to play Tetris while it was
installing away.  When it booted it came up with the KDE desktop (or
was it the other desktop, forget).  I bought Caldera Linux last year
after reading that the installation to it was simple.  More recently,
I've read that RedHat installation was a lot better but I haven't
gotten a copy of RedHat as yet, still a bit expensive.  I bought
Caldera for $20.  I should mention that somehow during the
installation my WordPerfect got messed up and didn't display correctly
though everything else tested and worked fine.

I've literally installed at least a hundred or more Windows operating
systems and the Caldera Linux setup was virtually as painless as
Windows, I was impressed by from a $20 piece of software.  Windows can
pick up more devices than many distributions of Linux but what Windows
cannot correctly install can also cause major problems.

I recently picked up TurboLinux for $25 and a $20 rebate so net cost
is about $5.  I've yet to install it but for $5 it a damn sight
cheaper than Windows.