You did not address your blatent lie about gmc.

This makes anything else you might have to say very questionable.

You obviosly have never tried Conectiva.

mslicker wrote:

> Yes,
> 
>   This is the last email I will send on this topic.
> 
>   You are correct that Caldera has earned a reputation for being very
> proprietary.  From an agnostic point of view, it can make a great deal of
> sense for those deploying desktop Linux (not only on LTSP).  The reason is
> that it's unfortunately the only distrobution that isn't loaded with tons
> of crap honestly threatens real-world rollouts without other distros.
> 
>   Most Linux enthusiasts don't use it, because it's normally out of date
> compared to all the others.  This is because Caldera has put together
> the only distro that does have redundant applications and the only
> distro on all the included applications work and work properly out of
> the box.
> 
> Most RPMs don't work between any other distros either, except for Red Hat
> and Mandrake.  Caldera isn't the best choice for everything, but it can
> make the best choice for the areas in which it is focused.  
> 
> It is certainly a trouble-free distro for administors.
> 
> --Matthew
> 
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Michael H. Collins wrote:
> 
> 
>>Enough FUD.  gmc does not require gnome.
>>
>>And Caldera is the most proprietary Distro there is.  Their RPMS do not 
>>work on other distros and Mostly vice-versa too.
>>
>>If Caldera was so good more Real Penguinistas would use it.
>>
>>mslicker wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Those programs require GNOME.  If you run them through straight ICEwm, you
>>>will also be running GNOME.  However, it will be faster because you will
>>>have configured it yourself and thus will not have put all those billions
>>>of other things into it like the major distrobutions do.  That's why it's
>>>faster..  You can get the same effect by optimizing what is loaded when
>>>you run KDE or GNOME--but it's a lot of work.  Caldera, however, did not
>>>do this and therefore KDE 2.2 is very comparably fast and light on their
>>>beta 3.1 desktop.
>>>
>>
>>-- 
>>Michael H. Collins                    http://www.linuxlink.com
>>Linux Streaming Radio                 http://www.kpig.com
>>Penguins are so sensitive.            Lyle Lovett
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Michael H. Collins                      http://www.linuxlink.com
Linux Streaming Radio                   http://www.kpig.com
Penguins are so sensitive.              Lyle Lovett


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