Linux

[David P Atkins]

Some time ago, I posed the same question, specifically comparing two 
versionso of linux:  Slackware & Red Hat.  Red Hat is not free nor is it 
expensive.  It boasts some shareware add-ons that make installation & 
management easier.

Just as we we're about to go w/ Red Hat, our attention was turned to 
Caldera's linux product:  a Red Hat 2.something release w/ some shareware 
add-ons, including a Novell unixware client and a truely resonable price.
Caldera was also given a couple of virtual thumbs up in a recent issue of 
Unix Review (do I've that title correct?).  It also includes the Apache 
httpdaemon.

We've only just begun using the server, WebSPIRS server so we don't know 
what it'll take bo bring it down.  

A good book on linux is Dee-Ann LeBlanc's  _Running the Perfect Internet 
Site with Linux_, a 1996 publication from Que Press.  It comes w/ all the 
freeware you need to get started.  Still, I'm glad we shelled out the $70 
bucks for Caldera (includes manual & tech. support).

Happy unix,
David
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David P. Atkins
Electronic Reference Services Librarian   
Middleton Library                    email:  notdpa at unix1.sncc.lsu.edu
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