Linux Desktops (Was: Re: [cobalt-users] ssh stopped working and can't login as root)

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gerald Waugh wrote:

> The best is to use ssh / sftp on your Linux desktop,

We sure won't argue which is "best" <wry grin>.

> You do have a Linux desktop don't you?

I've got the following desktops here:  WinNTSP6a, Win2KPro, RHL7.1
Professional (because the version you buy includes a full Adobe Acrobat;
cheapest way to get it <smile>), Windows 98, MS-DOS 6.2/WfW3.1, etc.,
usw.

> If you don't, get your self a copy of Mandrake 8.1, it's a
> disto that even windoze users will love.

What about us Windows haters <wry grin>.  I think Mandrake, when it
first came out, was RH, but compiled for Pentiums.  Was that true?  Is
it still?  Are there reasons to switch?  I don't really love RH (it's
not unix enough <wry grin>) but I use it because it's similar to
Sun/Cobalt Linux.  What are your significant reasons to prefer
Mandrake?  I think onlist is okay; I think a lot of us are interested in
having Linux desktops.  (Note though I'm changing the subject)

> Put star / open office on it. and get rid of Bill Gates.

The current StarOffice still takes up the entire desktop; I don't like
that.  I'm waiting for the new one to get out of beta and go on sale;
then I'll be one step further in switching to Linux for much of my work.

But I still use a lot of software not available for Linux, including
stuff I wrote myself in DataFlex years ago, and PageMaker.

Jeff
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