For all you guys running Linux.
Since my hard disk crashed on sunday I updated my Linux to 7.3 from 7.1.
I also downloaded xtree for unix and it is now nothing less than
spectacular. It had a few bugs when it first came out.  Best file
manager ever designed for a computer by a factor of ten IMHO.
I use to use it on DOS all the time. I have used at least half a dozen
different computer operating systems since 1975 and I have seen a lot of
file
managers in my time. It will run in an x window or on the raw command
line. Either way it is just plain great. I could not do this newsletter
with out it.

I also stepped back to NS 4.76 from 7.8 which is
way less buggy than 7.8 for some strange reason.

www.unixtree.org/

Paul Lamar

    What do you think about running Linux on a Vaio laptop with windows 98 ?
   Ken Welter

Some lap tops have problems. Is that a Toshiba? No problem running both
if the lap top can handle it. My Linux guru recommends Dell.
He has Linux  running on a Sony. Also Fujitsu's seem to work well.
One problem is the internal dial up modems are not hard ware but are
done in Windows software. They are called win modems. You can get around
that by using a PCMCI plug in modem or an external RS232 or USB modem.

You want to research this on the WWW before you commit yourself.

Linux 8.1 is coming out in April and that should be gangbusters as far
as ease of installation and all other things are concerned. I won't kid
you however. You will have a steep learning curve :)

Paul Lamar

I assume you are talking about Red Hat Linux? I am using Red Hat 8.0 and the learning curve is indeed steep, but once you mount it you will not want to turn back. I use Windows XP at work and I am constantly comparing it and wondering why Microsoft is still in business. Then I realize that MS does actually make it much simpler to enter the computer world.

I also have a box that shares Windows 98 and Suse Linux. I have not had any trouble with their co-existence. Just remember that you have to have enough hard disk for a completely separate set of Linux partitions, and that you are using either Linux or Windows, never both at the same time.

To keep this on topic, I have been looking at the Glass Cockpit group and there has recently been some awareness of a commercial GC system that uses the Windows operating system. Personally, I would never fly using Windows as a point of failure. It is too vulnerable to total system failure due to application misbehavior. Linux applications may still crash, but I have never seen one bring the system down.

Dick Gregory
LongEZ N613NC

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