Re: Alternatives that don´t suck?

[Andrew Gould]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:45 AM, dan <d.e.d.linux.lists at googlemail.com>wrote:

> On Wednesday 20 August 2008 17:38:13 Andrew Gould wrote:
>
> > FYI - Caldera eDesktop 2.4 is still available from CheapBytes!  (I'm not
> > sure about the legality, however.)
> 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
> :)
>
> What is the difference between 2.4  and 3.1.1 workstation? just newer or is
> that a horse of a completely different color?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Dan
>


eDesktop 2.4 used the 2.2 Linux kernel, which meant I was forced to compress
my database backups when the file size exceeded 2GB.  I think the 3.*
versions used the 2.4 kernel; but I could be mistaken.

One of the things I liked about OpenLinux  2.3 (my first successful Linux
installation) and 2.4 (which came with a t-shirt) was COAS, a system
configuration tool that worked both in X Windows and  a virtual terminal
(used ncurses?).  COAS disappeared with the 3.* series.  With eDesktop 2.4,
the whole seemed greater than the sum of its parts.  I never got that
feeling with version 3.*.

Andrew
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