Paul, thanks for sending us the evaluation CDs.
ELUG:
I tested the workstation version last night on a system that is already
configured with 2 linux installations and a small DOS 6.22 partition. So
I had only limited space and tried the minimal installation first(ca.
170MB).
The installation interface is clean&lean (mo|or lean&clean), no fluffy
stuff, mostly white on black and only color when needed. I liked that
part.
Another good thing is that you can choose from half a dozen kernel
version (from 386 to '686) -- very nice :<) [just to clarify some e-chat
earlier on that subject]
At the end you are explicitly presented with the option of installing
lilo on a floppy disk - which eased my mind since I was doing this all to
a functional workstation. At that point I would like to see the option of
creating a bootdisk too (just in case the kernel on the HD gets shot).
Sure, you can do that all manually but for the beginner it would be a
nice option. - [did you hear me Paul?]
I had not much time and chances to do more testing (just using the
minimal installation). So I ran gpm and minicom and noticed that the
symbolic links for /dev/mouse and /dev/modem are 'missing' -- which can
be both, good or bad (just another aspect of being lean&clean). In that
context I am wondering why none of the distributions contains a little
script that probes all your serial ports and assigns the correct one to
mouse and modem? (on my machine they are mostly wrong after a fresh
installation) - [did you hear me Paul?]
So much at the moment -- it would be nice to see at least as many factual
email messages on the mailing list about actually evaluating Turbolinux
as we had talk about getting it here.
- Horst.
