> - i486DX2/66, 16meg RAM, 250meg HD, 2x CD-ROM, 16-color EGA graphics, 
use.
Not nearly enough disk for decent use.
> - I'm running a DOS-based BBS, text based. Its very disk-intensive. I would
> like to know all about Linux's file system. HPFS saves wear on my poor 'HD.
Filesystem used in linux, ext2fs, is robust and fast. And disk cache in linux 
is lot speedier than in OS/2.
> - I like OS/2 because I can customise what I need to use.
Same goes to linux.
> - I'm *always* multi-tasking. Not so much threading, though.
No problem.
> - I know programming, but don't want to spend my Friday nights working on 
it.
No need to.
> - OS/2 doesn't crash. This is what sold me, and probably will with Linux 
too.
I have had more OS/2 traps than Linux crashes. In fact, during the years I 
have used linux, I recall about five crashes. Once, when I tested the f00f 
bug - before it was fixed in kernel. Twice I have had scsi-problems - like 
nonfunctioning terminator etc. Once I really managed to crash kernel - by 
playing doom with a kernel not meant to be used in production. And once my 
wife accidentally pushed the reset button.
I am by no means trying to say OS/2 is poor, or even that Linux would be 
better. I loved OS/2 when I used it. It's just, that for my use I find Linux 
a lot more functional.
Suonp„„...
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