Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Most specifically here is that Caldera does the basics, install/package selection, STARTS INSTALLING, then lets you do everything else immediately. Nowhere do you need in insert disk5, or enter information AFTER everything is installed. This is a wonderful thing. I watched a movie with my wife

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Lizard tops it AFAIC. I find Mandrake's friendly enough, and SuSE's as well, but Lizard is just done right. The only thing I could suggest is that they allow you to check a box at the end that allows it to boot when done, or reboot when done. I believe Caldera released Lizard to the opensource

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
So long as you don't forget certain things and try to use their click on the install item and pray you don't get stuck in a loop feature. But I suppose Caldera's We won't install on this machine, even though Linux 2.4 kernel and software run fine on it and $MAX_SCREWED_UP_X_OPTION don't win it a

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Yes, but if you look at all those combinations, they overlap, so even though doing the math that way will give you a large amount of possibilities, perhaps removing the duplicate methods will result a little closer to 293. On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 19:41:58 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:10:52AM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 18:51:06 -0700 begin Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: [snip] In fact, I calculate (this the help of my local friendly Linux machine) that there are exactly 240 ways to do it. It's very

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread stayler
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 23:26:47 -0500, Shawn L Johnston wrote: One of the greatest likes about Caldera is the ease of installation. I grit my teath in anger every time I read one of these articles about how easy Mandrake or Red Hat is to install. To be fair, I haven't really done anything with

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Michael Hipp
On Friday 21 June 2002 11:26 pm, Shawn L Johnston wrote: One of the greatest likes about Caldera is the ease of installation. I grit my teath in anger every time I read one of these articles about how easy Mandrake or Red Hat is to install. To be fair, I haven't really done anything with Red

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 22 June 2002 0:26 am, Shawn L Johnston wrote: I like the basic ideas on UnitedLinux, but Lizard would be one thing I hope doesn't leave Caldera's implementation. I know Lizard isn't perfect, but it seems better than anything else I've tried. Is anything else out there as good or

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Ted Ozolins
On June 22, 2002 05:52 am, Michael Hipp wrote: Glad I'm not the only one that despises Mandrake's install. It's confusing. It's is circular in places rather than linear. And in other places it's hierarchical. And takes forever. I find it to be the worst of the mainstream commercial

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Terence McCarthy
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:12:15 -0400 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Go on, list them. Terence ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Saturday 22 June 2002 12:32 pm, Terence McCarthy wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:12:15 -0400 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Go on, list them. I didn't make that statement Terence

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Terence McCarthy
. I didn't make that statement I received: From: Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Still the best... Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:12:15 -0400 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] On Saturday 22 June 2002 0:26 am

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Kurt Wall
Also sprach Bruce Marshall: On Saturday 22 June 2002 12:32 pm, Terence McCarthy wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:12:15 -0400 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Go on, list them. I didn't make that statement It was

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread David A. Bandel
On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:32:21 + begin Terence McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:12:15 -0400 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. Go on, list them. Actually, there's a lot more than that. 4

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-22 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 07:41:58PM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 16:32:21 + begin Terence McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:12:15 -0400 Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-21 Thread Matthew Carpenter
I agree with you ideally. I (and many others) have been suggesting the creation of a base distro for some time. It just makes sense. It costs everyone less while promoting interoperability which promotes Linux. It has seemed like many see other distros as the enemy when there are many other

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-21 Thread Shawn L Johnston
On Friday 21 June 2002 01:16 pm, you wrote: I agree with you ideally. I (and many others) have been suggesting the creation of a base distro for some time. It just makes sense. One of the greatest likes about Caldera is the ease of installation. I grit my teath in anger every time I read

RE: Still the best...

2002-06-20 Thread Brian Witowski
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Still the best... I'm with you. Completely addicted to the benefits of OL. I will feel a bit uneasy until I either see them elsewhere or see Caldera making better decisions. On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 23:45:53 -0400 Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which brings