Thanks all for the replies. It sounds very good - like it was done right! However, if it's basically eD2.4 reorganized why do I want it when I can get others with the latest kernels, etc?
Thanks. Michael Hipp wrote: > In addition to everything Lee said ... > > - The menu's are organized logically and with prose names like "CD > Player" or somesuch rather than the consonant-laden gibberish that > passes for menus on most distros. > > - Most all the options that a user might want to configure are in one > GUI config tool and in logical places with sensible names. > > - They focus their energy on perfecting one GUI instead of 2 or 10. > > - It turns to advantage inter-operability on a Windows network rather > than treating it like a begrudged afterthought. > > - They offer mainly 1 (fairly good) choice in each application rather > than 3 or 30. > > - For what is essentially still a beta release, it is very stable and > predictable. Solid - like you expect Linux to be. > > > On Thu, 30 May 2002 00:18:35 -0400 > Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Start with the install GUI. Pure Caldera. If you didn't know that it >> was Redmond you'd swear you were installing e2.4 except it does a >> better job of auto detecting. Once installed the GUI bootup is Caldera >> except that it says Redmond where Caldera would normally be presented. >> Once installed it runs as smooth as silk although a little slow >> opening up the bundled Mozilla browser. Put the boot in the mbr for a >> dual boot and the boot selection screen is pure caldera.I installed it >> on a box that had e2.4 on it, but there were some annoying bugs like >> Netscape mail would drop out on an irregular basis when I hit Get >> Message. That doesn't happen with Redmond. It has a few things in the >> distro that are kind of neat. The cd burner runs straight out of the >> package with my iomega burner, so does the camera photo package. And >> unlike 3.1 getting the cdrom and floppy icons is not a hassle. All you >> have to do is drop and drag the icons out of the My Linux icon. Built >> on the 2.4.14 kernel the thing appears to be Super 2.4, but Caldera >> never went that way and they missed the boat. It is nice to know that >> after Caldera folds there will still be a Caldera like distro out >> there. -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
