I disagree Caldera is making $$$ by making a linux distrib and slapping a
pretty xwindows interfavce on it and charging $125 us for it.
I run the #linux channel on starchat, I find myself spending a lot
of time walking newbies through linux installations on thgeir pcs and
usually it's not for use as a server.
On this machine Linux is the only os, it's a whole lot less aggravating
then win95 was, the closest I come is Novell dos (now caldera dos)
installed in dosemu. The only reason I keep the servers on this machine is
so that when I'm bored I can learn something new. :)
I also seem to recall an attampt to make money by copyrighting the name
Linux as a "desktop operating system"
> > Don't think I'm a gamer either, because I seldom use games. I'm not
> > sure I have 10 other more important things though. (software development,
> > Internet access... maybe a few other things but not 10)
> I'm sorry for you. I think I have some 100 more important things than games on
> my list. And I'm even more sure that most of the Linux people thinks the same.
Depends who you talk to.
[snip]
> > Nope. You'd like to think GGI proponents are all serious gamers,
> > wouldn't you? I'd like to play a game once a month or so.
> Then fire up DOSEMU and play Super Mario Bros or whatever you like.
I can't tell you how many times this machine has gone down because somone
fired up X on another console while leaving dosemu open. Changing from X
to a text mode console is a roll of the dice with almost tolerable odds.
X to dosemu or svgalib almost allways crashes.
Sure it's a great server. But a lot of people are using it for games, and
as a win95 replacement.
Gerhard
ps not one word about the sysrq funcions to change back to text more there
is no possible way I can teach the people who crash this machine how to
use them.
-- Gerhard Mack gmack@imag.net innerfire@starchat.netAs a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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