Hello Peter.

04 Oct 99 19:11, you wrote to me:

 SD>> Something I read about Linux: "Linux is free only if
 SD>> your time isn't valuable." I feel that an OS should not
 SD>> have to be hand-assembled to work to get the basics
 SD>> going.

 PK> Things have actually changed over the years, the current versions of
 PK> Linux available are suprisingly complete, with canned installs to
 PK> match most commomn H/W configurations and a FULL instal does install
 PK> that, a FULL version of Linux and a rather large set of utilities all
 PK> ready to run. No longer do you have to drop down to the nuts and bolts
 PK> to "build your kernal first" to get Linux running, then add the items
 PK> that are essential to make it usable.

Well, I have been looking at SuSE... a friend installed it and was raving
about it, so he let me telnet into his system.  I looked around and tinkered
with a few things.  Let's say that it impressed me (I still had nightmares
about using UNIX 15 years ago :).

 SD>> IMNSHO, Linux is a craze amongst a small number
 SD>> of people.  I don't see all the developers running to
 SD>> Linux for mission-critical applications.

 PK> I think you might need to take a longer look at things. Linux is being

See the above paragraph. :)

 SD>> Besides, all of those computers you mentioned are based
 SD>> on old chips.  OS/2 is based on the x86 set... as long
 SD>> as there's a x86 system around, it'll run OS/2.

 PK> Is probably a sure bet that you can restrict your processor range to
 PK> 386 or later, OS/2 V2.0 andlater requires that as a minimum processor
 PK> to run, an 8088 doesn't quite make that requirement.........;-)

 PK> And in case you were wondering, no, I do not run Linux, yes I have a
 PK> Linux CD here, one day I may install it, but at this stage OS/2 does
 PK> me fine.

I did slap Slackware 3.0 on a 286/12, 120 MB HD and 2 MB RAM... it actually
ran.   So, what I'm thinking about is keeping the BBS under OS/2 and maybe
working on a Linux machine for personal use.  Who knows?

OS/2 works perfectly for me and I've not really any complaints.  However,
since I'm going to college and going to program for a living when I'm done, I
need to broaden my horizons a tad bit. :)

Later,
Sean

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