A step backwards

[Net Llama!]

My suggestion is to dump Caldera, and install Redhat.  I've never had 
any of those problems with Redhat-7.2 or 7.3.

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> My wife's Windows software got so hosed last week that it was impossible
> to even read a CD, to reinstall Windows.  So it was either reformat the
> partition and start over, or install Linux.  Happily, she let me install
> Linux, and I chose COL 3.1.1 WS.
> 
> Unfortunately, things did not go well.  I've heard this story before,
> most recently from dep.  But this time, even though I am right here,
> and doing the heavy lifting, I'm going to put Windows back on the
> machine, I think.
> 
> The problems:
>    Netscape that came with it ran a couple of times, got into trouble,
>    and will no longer run.
> 
>    Mozilla 1.0 mail is balky, and my wife can't stand it.  I'm running
>    fetchmail because Moz couldn't talk POP to the ISP (though that was
>    originally working with Netscape).  Then I have MOZ using imap to
>    get at /var/spool/mail/<her> because MOZ doesn't seem to have a
>    Movemail.  But after reading a single email, it goes haywire and
>    needs MOZ to be shut down and restarted or else all attempts to
>    deal with mail get wedged forever.  I can't find anything useful
>    in /var/log/messages or /var/log/mail.
> 
>    My wife is fed up.  She says it used to be fun, and this is no fun
>    at all.
> 
> So unless I have a brainstorm tonight, I will reformat and reinstall
> Windoze on this beast.  Sigh.
> 
> Linux on the desktop?  For diehard geeks like myself, sure.  But not
> for anyone else.
> 
> ++ kevin
> 
> 
> 

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