From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Operating Systems
Date: 1997/07/26
Date: 1997-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1997Jul26.134447.1@eisner> (raw)
In-Reply-To: dewar.869924023@merv
In article <dewar.869924023@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> But to say that NT is much easier to install than Linux just does not
> match everyone's experience by any means. No doubt when the new version
> of NT comes out with P&P, things will be better, but by then Linux will
> also be much easier to install. In fact, as far as I know you (Richard)
> have never installed Linux from a Redhat CD ROM onto a PC -- it is much
> smoother than you imagine.
>
> Experiences on Alpha are pretty irrelevant, since the Linux there is not
> nearly so well developed as the PC version.
Experience on Alpha seem relevant to me since there is a larger
selection of operating systems available. I have not seen these
issues with DEC Unix or VMS, and to me that indicates that the
information is available on Alpha via probing the hardware. I
have not used Linux on Alpha, but I know the port has had strong
assistance from folks at DEC so there should be no issue of some
inside secrets which are unavailable to the developers.
Larry Kilgallen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-07-26 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-07-22 0:00 Operating Systems Robert D. Yexley
1997-07-22 0:00 ` Nasser
1997-07-23 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Dale Pontius
1997-07-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Odo Wolbers
1997-07-24 0:00 ` Was Operating Systems (Now Windows GUI Debugger) Jeff Creem
1997-07-25 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-23 0:00 ` Operating Systems Robert Dewar
1997-07-25 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1997-07-25 0:00 ` Corey Minyard
[not found] ` <5rcimf$a3j$1@news.nyu.edu>
1997-07-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen [this message]
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
1997-07-26 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-07-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Richard Kenner
1997-07-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-07-28 0:00 ` John Howard
1997-07-28 0:00 ` Skip Carter
1997-07-28 0:00 ` John Howard
1997-08-01 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-08-04 0:00 ` Scott Ingram
1997-08-05 0:00 ` W. Wesley Groleau x4923
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