On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Sam Ewalt wrote: > This is either exciting or intimidating depending on your perspective. > > Just reading about it makes my head swim.
Taking it one small chunk at a time makes it manageable. No, you'll never learn everything there is, but then you'll not be interested in everything there is either. > There is a great deal more complexity and confusion for the Linux > novice like myself then there ever was with DOS. When I was switching from the Commodore 64 to MS-DOS 5.0, I felt the same way. > If Arachne supported Javascript and could be used on secure sites > I wouldn't bother just yet. But there appears to be no alternative > but to upgrade to something--so I guess it's time to dive into the > deep water. You don't really have to dive in all at once. You can just stick a toe in to begin with. Either dual-boot between DOS and Linux, or get a throwaway computer (or a $10-$25 ebay special) and put Linux on that. I got a 486DX2-66VLB for $10. It's had FreeBSD 4.4 on it, Engarde Linux and Red Hat 6.2. It's my "play" computer. I highly recommend one for everybody. (No, I couldn't put Mandrake or even RH 7.1 on it, but it's a pretty good toybox just the same) ;-) - Steve
