[Linux-users] SCO vs. Novell

[Collins Richey]

On 8/12/07, Rick Sivernell <res005ru at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> I had tried several distros before I found Calera, almost left Linux. Debian was the first,
> you could not ask a simple help question without a flame thrower coming at you. Then Turbo Linuc and Red Hat. Could not get comfortable with them. Caldera made it easy to get into.
>

Ah yes, the days of yore. Caldera was the first Linux distro that I
could run out of the box on my PC, and that led me to this list which
has made all the difference. Slackware, Mandrake, Gentoo, CentOS, and
now Ubuntu. Until the demise of Caldera, folks on the list were a
little leary of other options, but most made the transition to
distro-neutrality with no injuries.

I always wanted to try Debian, but could never crack the nut until
Ubuntu came along. Until fairly recently, the principal mission of
Debian insiders was to prevent the spread of Debian to the unwashed.
If you weren't a self-proclaimed and breast beating guru, you weren't
welcome, And if you had need to use anything non-free, you were
definitely a leper to be avoided at all costs. Ubuntu is far from
perfect, but it opened up the Debian world, and the Debian insider
mentality has, thank $DEITY, bit the dust at last, if kicking and
screaming at times.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.