Alternatives that donŽt suck?

[Leon Goldstein]

dan wrote:

>On Wednesday 20 August 2008 17:38:13 Andrew Gould wrote:
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>>FYI - Caldera eDesktop 2.4 is still available from CheapBytes!  (I'm not
>>sure about the legality, however.)
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>I went to Cheapbytes and indeed it's still available there. I thought I'd give 
>it a try just for grins as I have several old machines (166mhz - 333mhz) up in 
>the attic. That way I can see why everyone here seems to remember it so fondly 
>:)
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>What is the difference between 2.4  and 3.1.1 workstation? just newer or is 
>that a horse of a completely different color?
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>Kind Regards,
>Dan
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WS 3.1.1 uses a 2.4.x kernel and featured Reiser FS.  So, you could use 
USB devices and don't have to wait for a fsck check after every ten 
boots.  It also installs with LIZARD.  I think much of this list's 
animosity to Caldera/SCO is because this release was so promising.

Actually it is a very nice distro, and will be a good complement to an 
obsolete PC that has USB and a RAM complement of 256-384 MB.



-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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