OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux

• Posted by LEVIATHAN <lordlev at WA.FREEI.NET> Apr 09, 1999
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Irv Mullins wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Apr 1999 17:33:37 +0200, Ad Rienks <kwibus at DOLFIJN.NL> wrote:
>
> >Kevin,
> >
> >The price is now $17,95, not including shipping (to Europe).
> >Incluse it is some $45, but I still ordered it.
> >Now my questions: have you tried it, if so, what do you think of it?
> >Which flavor is the best, easiest, for a beginner like me?
> >Anyone else who can give me more information? Ralf, Daniel
> >(Others may respond too)
>
> http://www.cheapbytes.com has all sorts of Linux CD's and
> books. CD's for $1.99 up. Shipping to Europe is $8.00.
> I have ordered from them, and their service is excellent.
>
> I now use my RedHat CD as a coaster for refreshing
> brewed beverages. I had a lot of trouble getting things
> to work properly with RedHat, things that Slackware did
> without any problem.
>
> My impression is that RedHat tried to make everything work
> with a GUI, so the Windows users wouldn't be frightened away.
> Unfortunately, they failed in some major areas. For anyone
> who is not afraid to type stuff and use an editor, the simpler
> text-mode setup of Slackware is better. Many people say the
> SuSE distribution is good, also.
>
> I have a collection of links to Linux software and info,
> which I will e-mail to anyone who requests it.
>
> Regards,
> Irv Mullins

 Interesting. I'm now running RH5.0/Xwin w/ KDE and are having no problems.
Yes, I also believe that they're trying to do everything GUI, but when time
comes to add another user, its real useful :) (command-line useradd is
tedious)

    Tho In my case, to use the newest things, I need alot of updates, and
to date I've used somewhere around five updates, and eight reinstalls
(StarOffice5.0 glibc2 (libc6) installation kept deleting libraries and even
renamed the dyn. loader, killing the RH partition. One tip for those going
in that direction, get the 2.0.7 rpm from RHupdate site)

    And after about... two weeks, my Linux system is _finally_ stable! (I
turned gray in the process, I think. :)

So for those looking to the direction of Linux, anything but RedHat 5.0
will do. (Debian sounds nice to me. Hey, I can't whine, I got RH5 for
free!)

    Have phun, and Blessed Be. -- "LEVIATHAN"