Re: Linux interest group

[trammell@fn872.fnal.gov (John Trammell)]

Hello all:

David Dockstader <drdock00@ukcc.uky.edu> wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Mar 1998 09:41:12 -0800 David Emigh said:
>
> > Anyway, I really recommend that during this summer some
> > of you ought to find some cranky old machine (486 or even
> > a 386) with 8meg or more of ram and a 0.5 Gig hardrive
> > try out linux.
> >
> > David Emigh
>
> Why would you suggest this instead of creating a linux
> partition on the more modern computer that is already
> taking up space in most of our offices?

Getting Linux and, say, Win95 to play nicely together is more
complicated than a straight Linux install.  But not impossible.
Just maybe too big a hurdle for a new user to tackle without
getting discouraged.

I guess Bill thinks he owns the sandbox... ;-)

John