<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 6:45 AM, dan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:d.e.d.linux.lists@googlemail.com">d.e.d.linux.lists@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Wednesday 20 August 2008 17:38:13 Andrew Gould wrote:<br>
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> FYI - Caldera eDesktop 2.4 is still available from CheapBytes! (I'm not<br>
> sure about the legality, however.)<br>
</div>I went to Cheapbytes and indeed it's still available there. I thought I'd give<br>
it a try just for grins as I have several old machines (166mhz - 333mhz) up in<br>
the attic. That way I can see why everyone here seems to remember it so fondly<br>
:)<br>
<br>
What is the difference between 2.4 and 3.1.1 workstation? just newer or is<br>
that a horse of a completely different color?<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">Dan<br>
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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.<br>
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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.*.<br>
<br>Andrew<br></div></div><br></div>