[Coco] DriveWire - Frank, Joel - OT

[Frank Pittel]

Andrew,

Interestingly enough the things I don't like about Ubuntu are the very
reasons I recommend it to people new to linux/unix. My problem with it is
that it's hard to do much without the GUI and tends to be very "mousey".
I work as a Unix sys admin and most of what I do on a server is via the
command line. Also when I first started using linux my video card wasn't
supported by X and as a result everything I did was through the command line
on the console. To make a long story short I like using the command line and
I like it.

The linux distribution I use on my machines at home is Fedora. I tried Redhat
when was first released and I like it. I've tried others but always go back to
Redhat. I'm not saying it's the best but I'm used to it and it does what I need
it to do.

Frank



On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 08:13:15AM -0700, Andrew wrote:
> Frank,
>
> This is OT, but I am kinda curious - I've been running *nix in some form  
> or another since 1995, and I have found Ubuntu to be "best in class" as  
> far as ease of installation, software selection, hardware compatibility  
> (I am constantly amazed by this one), and ease of usability. Prior to  
> Ubuntu 8.10, I ran Mandrake 10.1 (big leap), prior to that Debian Woody,  
>  etc - back to TurboLinux 2.0 (ok, MonkeyLinux over DOS running on a 386 
> laptop. but I don't know if that counts).
>
> What is it about Ubuntu don't you like (as a workstation OS - if we were  
> talking server OS it would be a different convo)? Not trying to start an  
> argument here. Which Linux (or any *nix) distro do you like the most for  
> workstations?
>
> ---
>
> Joel,
>
> You wouldn't happen to have those proto-SLS disks handy, would you?  
> Somewhere (if I still have it) I have a 386DX40 mobo that is itching to  
> be fired up again, though I don't know if I have enough memory for *nix  
> (last I remember I only had 8 meg in it), I was think either some  
> old-school *nix or OpenDOS. It would be hilarious to see it run *nix, 
> tho.
>
> ---
>
> On a more CoCo related note - was there ever an ethernet network "card"  
> made for the CoCo (ie, a cartridge or something) that worked under OS-9?  
> I seem to recall there was something a long time ago (I was a kid at the  
> time and my parents couldn't afford it, nor did I have anything to hook  
> it up to), but I may be foggy.
>
> -- Andrew L. Ayers, Glendale, Arizona
>
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