Yeah, Caldera Linux sells for about $50 with the promise of tech support.
Don't believe it.
Their e-mail tech support is a sorry joke. The responders don't KNOW anything,
and most of the time they don't bother responding at all. Plus the distribution
is based on Red Hat, which means *nothing* is where it belongs if you're used
to BSDish unix. What this means is if you have older software (say, an older
version of Elm) that is pre-redhat it probably won't compile at all.
If I had known then what I know now about Caldera, I would have ordered the
latest and greatest Slackware cd from Walnut Creek CDROMS, and gone from there.
So I'm basically saying DON'T BOTHER WITH CALDERA LINUX. It's far overpriced
and the only redeming feature, the tech support is all promise and no substance.
I strongly recommend Slackware Linux. No support, but for 35 bucks you get
4 CDs of stuff, and a cool catalog with things like CDROMS of the project
gutenburg texts.
--
Jim Strickland
jim_at_DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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