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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Operating Systems
Date: 1997/07/26
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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