a crackpot idea i had

[Keith Antoine]

On Thursday 23 May 2002 07:15, Jim Conner wrote:
> IIRC, Caldera released them in this order.
>
> Desktop
> ------
> OpenLinux 2.3
> eDesktop 2.4
> Linux Technology Preview(LTP)
> W3.1
> W3.1.1

Right thought ltp was in that order.

> I'm not sure what was released by Caldera prior to that because I've only
> been using Caldera for a little over 2 years.  I agree that eD2.4 was a
> very stable and updatable distro.  As far as W3.x is concerned, I'm not
> very happy with it.  It works, but I'd like to have some of the latest libs
> to run 3D games.  These have to be installed and/or updated by tarballs. 
> I'd also like to try out KDE3(KDE3.0.1 has just been released today). 
> Caldera used to make rpms for each stable(and some beta) releases of KDE. 
> The last rpm package made by Caldera for KDE was KDE2.2.1.  Granted, I
> could compile KDE & QT from tarballs, but have you ever done this on a
> P200mmx with 64MB of ram?  I don't have time to do this and after it's done
> to find I didn't do it
> right(Murphy's Law) and have to do it again.  Well, I hope that either
> Caldera changes, or I'm going to have to change.  I'd like to see this
> project succeed, but ongoing package updates are crucial to the life of a
> distro.

Well I have at least started , by copying it to a partition on the HD. I also 
have many rpms that I have done for SuSE 8.0 I am sure that I can use to 
update this. I am also aware that there is a system whereby one can get a 
tarball and rpm it staright away. I am fortunate in that I have a _GRUNT_ 
system in h/w. I run a BIG hardware supplier online and look after his 
website (http://www.gamedude.com.au), I get everything at cost and he trades 
the old stuff for me.
Athlon XP2000, Soltek MB DDR 1gig, 60 & 20 gig 7200 HD.

So as dep suggested start with 2.4 and go from there, as I also said I am open 
to suggestions too. I need things to occupy me, 

-- 
Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy'
18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161
Retired Geriatric, Sometime Electronics Engineer, Knowall, Brain in storage