[Coco] Fedora 6 DVD ISO & Linux in General

[mike delyea]

Never got to try Level 1 (I sold my coco2, lock, stock and barrel) to buy my
original coco3.  I had no drives, no printer, no modem (I loved the coco
BBS's), but eventually rebuilt to 2 drives and OS-9 level 2.  I heard many
bad things about Level 1 (no multi-tasking, bad memory management) which
might have turned me off had I experienced it.

On 5/3/07, Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 May 2007, John W. Linville wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 10:42:07AM -0500, Frank Pittel wrote:
> >>> I can offer to extend this OS flame war...
> >> Oh, please...
> > I'll second that exasperated "Oh please" motion, John.
>
> OK, I know this is OT but here's my $0.02 worth...
>
> For the record, I'm a professional hardware/software engineer with ~20
> years experience with all manner of computers. And that includes writing
> device drivers on both Windows and Linux platforms...
>
> I should also state that I hate what Microsoft stands for, hate what
> they're pushing, and absolutely _detest_ writing software for Windows -
> especially device drivers.
>
> Having said that, I use Windows daily at home and at work.
>
> I love what Linux stands for, I love the power and flexibility of the OS
> and the almost endless variety of free applications, and don't really mind
> writing Linux device drivers.
>
> Having said that, I rarely use Linux (these days) as I have it installed
> only on my 800MHz laptop - which I now use only for surfing the net in
> front of the TV.
>
> Why do I use Windows? Because it's a 'set and forget' OS. If you have a
> fixed number of applications you use, then once they're installed you can
> pretty much forget about having to do any maintenance. Yes, windows will
> get slower each day. Yes, you will accumulate viruses, adware and other
> annoying crap. Yes, you will lose files in long-forgotten directories
> buried 18 folders deep in some dark corner of your hard-disk ... yes you
> may need to re-install one day - but probably not until you need to
> upgrade your system anyway...
>
> My mother runs Windows.
>
> Why don't I use Linux? Primarily because my work requires windows and it's
> easier for me to be able to work from home on a Windows box. Some
> applications I use only run under Windows - or at least they did. But yes,
> every time I turn on my PC I cross my fingers that it will boot and some
> virus hasn't wiped out my hard disk, or that some driver file has been
> corrupted and it blue-screens.
>
> I have had several Linux boxes in the past - Slackware, Red Hat (before
> they joined the dark side), Gentoo - and now I'm drooling over YouTube
> videos of Ubuntu running Beryl... ;)
>
> But Linux _is_ work. And my poor brain tends to file things I don't use
> daily in the section that is due to be destroyed with my next alcoholic
> drink. Granted, if I used it daily it would probably ultimately become
> less of a chore than using Windows, but that's not practical for me right
> now. I live it hope that it may one day be the case!
>
> Oh, and my mother doesn't run Linux either.
>
> I thought it'd be interesting to recall the OS's on which I had experience
> over the course of my hobby/employment/obsession... in roughly
> chronological order of encountering...
>
> NEWDOS/80, TRSDOS, LDOS, DECB, AMIGAOS, DOS3.3, GCOS/L66, UN*X, MINIX,
> PRIMOS, VAX VMS, IBM MVS/XA, CICS, Tandem TOS, DOS 6.2, Linux, Windows
> 2.0, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, Windows 3.11, Windows NT4, Solaris, pSOS,
> Windows 2000, RTEMS, Windows XP, MacOS, ProDOS, (AppleII)GS/OS.
>
> ...NEWDOS/80 RULEZ!!! :)
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> |              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
> |  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"
>
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