osOpinion: Kicking The Habit | Linux Today

osOpinion: Kicking The Habit

Written By
M
Mike
Nov 16, 1999

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

Wowser it’s tough getting the MS monkey off my back. I’ve
tried the 12 step programs, the patch, and the gum. I’ve also tried
various Linux distributions. Nothing seems to work.
I still
have hardware and software requirements that have only been met on
the Windows platform….”

“After my difficulties installing RedHat 6.1 I hit the
newsgroups. Newsgroups are great because just about anything you
want to know about anything is posted there. The main thing I
learned was that the officially released installation diskette
images are bogus. They don’t work. Forget it. Apparently everyone
on the Internet knows this except for me and a few other
people….”

“In the past I have installed RedHat Linux without problems but
the latest distribution really threw me. If you’re a Windows user,
like I am, and you’re thinking of installing RedHat 6.1, *don’t*
until you read the following warnings from RedHat:…”

Complete
Story

M

Mike

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