On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 03:18:57PM -0600, Rick Troth wrote: > > -) Linux on zSeries does not have the look and feel of "Plain Linux" > > I wonder how much of this is driven by the line-mode characteristic > of the console (specifically HWC and emulated 3215, but also > effectually when 3270 driver is employed). In fact, it is > not intractable to get full-screen and colored text applications > that work the same on a 3270 or on a PC. >
Less, I think, than having it not come up with a spiffy X installer the way PC Linuxes work. But I don't really know, because I don't understand this either. But then I usually do my YAST installs in text mode anyway, because it's easier than using the mouse for me. But I also do individual package selection and old-style selection sets. I'm somewhat saddened that I'm no longer the target market, but on the other hand, if you want to grow your business, you can't sell Linux to people already comfortable with Unix. Adam
