Wahoo!! Watch out Windows!!! KDE

[CMonster]

Caldera Open Linux 2.2, and Redhat 6.0 ...soon to be Windows killers..

I have just finished installing OpenLinux 2.2 from Caldera and it is awesome...

Still not quite as easy as Windows95, I would put this on a par with Windows NT 4.0 in terms of difficulty to use.

This is too cool - with click of an icon I'm using a MAC and another click it's Windows..

Wow! $49 ($39 with $10 rebate) And I get the power of UNIX and the ease of Windows - but beyond Windows - I get ano office suite, Netscape - using it now, and WordPerfect...and a few games too... and the source code!!!!!!!

[socalgal]

CMonster! hey congrats bud, you got it all hooked AND running COOL now you can teach me hehehe (kidding) http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Nathan]

Well CMonster, congrats. I haven't messed with it yet. Sounds like in a couple of years we might have another operating system to use besides Windows. If you can, try networking it with the other MS systems like Windows 95/98 or NT is possible. If it can be networked with them, then the business possiblities are looking good. Of course you have to deal with network printing, modems, etc. and issues like those.

Let us know what you think and find out.

[This message has been edited by Nathan (edited 05-15-99).]

[Dominus]

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux.

Now if you really want power, roll up your sleeves and dive into the CLI.

[Roy]

I'm teased and intrigued by everything I hear about Linux. I suspect I'm heading in that direction, but without any sense of hurry.

Since we're L.A. neighbors, and seem to have temporal similarities, maybe you, socalgal and I should have a "reunion to reminisce about the future".

Thoughts? (CM' & 'gal)

[CMonster]

Nathan,

Linux was made for networking - it has native networking support and comes with a variety of networking protocals/ tools.

However this was the first version that actually recognized my PNP network cards right on install. There was even an article in the LA times, about 6 months ago, that described how one of the local universities used Linux to network about 100 PCs to create a crude supercomputer. More and more comercial servers are using Linux which is a fraction of the cost of other operating systems. Many software companies are supporting Linux too.

With this new version it is just a few mouse clicks to the internet - I am writing via Linux/Netscape at this very moment.

I couldn't begin to tell how feature rich this version is, there are office programs (Star Office, WordPerfect -yes they will do Word97 and Excel97 formats) and other rich text editing programs, calender/planers, address books. There are photo and paint programs, a CD creator, C++ compiler and devolopment, and some multimedia players and such.

I have only one small problem - the sound still isn't working. I have worked this out in previous versions of Linux and I'm sure I will in this one. But it still rocks - all-be-it silently! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[socalgal]

Roy ~ Sure! Just let me know so I can make room in my crowded calendar *heh*

CMonster?

[CMonster]

Linux Sound update - it works!

Would you believe a Genuine Sound blaster AWE64 is not supported??? I plugged in my Creative ENSONIQ Audio PCI (es1371) loaded the "es1371" kernel module and presto!! Hey Rocky - watch me pull Linux sound outta my hat!

More UPDATE: I disabled PNP OS in BIOS, loaded the sound blaster kernel drivers and now everything works.

[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 05-16-99).]