[ale] Average Joe installs, RedHat, Caldera, etal.

[scott at certumgroup.com (scott at certumgroup.com)]

Keith,

I agree that for Linux to gain the widespread appeal we all believe it
deserves it has to be as easy to install as M$ products or even the
"commercial" Unixes. I just installed Caldera 2.3 on our main file server
and they come very close to an ideal install. Much better than RedHat. I
have installed many Unixes over the years and I thought Caldera's was even
easier than SCO Unix, which I consider fairly easy to setup. They do provide
an option for "typical" installations like a Network Server, Web Server,
etc. with fairly automatic partitioning etc.

I had also heard that the InstallShield guys were working on bringing out
their product for Unix in general, but haven't heard any more about it since
last year.

Scott Hartsell
Intrinsix Corporation
See AdminUX for Unix/Linux @
www.adminux.com