Jim:
If you want to try Linux get a basic machine & the Red Hat distribution for it, and go ahead. Don't mix dos & Linux 'till you have a flavor for what's going on. Later, you can run windows & dos under Linux, or multi 0S-es, modify the source code, and compile it yourself, but for starters, KISS. The dos background will serve you well. DOS & UNIX have the same roots.
I don't really see it as being a great OS for the home users who are basically content with the windows packages, but for developers who are working in X & writing code, or doing extensive networking, there are no other UNIX packages for the PC that come close now.
They had a distribution out for the SGI workstations a week after SGI announced them. HP, IBM, INTC, all support the effort(& not just for their pc line), and the 21164 & 21264 are also supported. IMHO, it is a strongly coming OS.
tgptndr |
