Thanks for the great info! I'm going to order the book and CD since it's
free + Shipping. That's because when someone buys books from McGraw-Hill
they get bonus points and I accumulated enough to get this book. Since I've
been waiting for the 'right one' to come along, I guess this will be it.
Being a version behind doesn't bother me. I am more concern about stability
and compatability with my peripherals. If only the necessary ones work,
like the modem, that's ok too. At least I'll be keeping an 'OPEN' mind. <vbg>
Jim Hucthinson
At 04:08 AM 7/7/98 -0700, Javilk wrote:
>> Questions: What's the difference between Linux and OpenLinux? Is Caldera a
>> good company to go with?
>
> Caldera makes very stable stuff, but it is (or was) not the latest
>release. I mean, I could go months without rebooting! Whereas Red Hat
>which is not so bad, seems to have slipped up a bit on the last two
>releases, having had a 5.0(a) and a 5.0(b) release with the ONLY visible
>difference being a Netscape sticker on the box and a wide silver boarder
>around the CD-ROMS. I got 5.1, which I had trouble with... and now hear
>they released a 5.1(b) without telling anyone, save that people started
>complaining and comparing directory structures and bugs... and have now
>said there is clearly a 5.1, and an improved 5.1(b) variant. I hate it
>when they screw up, but to cover it up without incrementing the version
>number, that's just not fair. Not enough Q/A!
>
> OPEN is some sort of consortium which established industry wide
>"standards" for Unix systems. Vendors fudged them a bit... Open Linux
>would tend to conform to those standards.
>
> Good Linux's are Red Hat (maybe), S.u.S.E, Debian, and if you don't
>mind not being up to date, Caldera. But as I said, Caldera is probably
>the most stable of the lot, but may be lacking in some device support
>compared to the others.
>
> I like Red Hat's install system better than SuSE, as in the past at
>least, SuSE's YaST installer would not retain any of YOUR modifications to
>the extensive "conflaguration" files.
>
> If you have a laptop... support for the variations one finds in
>laptops may compound the issue. I am having trouble getting my Hitachi
>4140 set up right. SuSE will not boot the loader, LILO, though it will
>run from the CD; Red Hat 5.0 boots, but does not support my 3com LAN card.
>(It's a 3C562C LAN/Modem card... but... I'd be satisfied just getting ONE
>of those to work! with Linux.)
>
> Anyone else have interesting comparisons on these Linux variants?
>
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