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  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) Yes. (...) I was never a great fan of DOS...my introduction to PC's came when 3.1 windows was around. (Though then one needed to know DOS to get the most out of it....). I will be buying a couple of refurb 486's that my employers will be (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) Hmm. I doubt they're the full cd's. Lemme pop my RedHat 5.1 and SuSe 5.0 CD's in my tray and check... Lesse: RH 5.1 (btw, 5.2 is out now.): 577 Megs. Suse 5.2:: 624 megs Slackware 3.5: 645 megs... Anyway, I doubt you'll see two full distro's (...) (26 years ago, 8-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) Go with RedHat. For the novice the installation can't be beat. I'm still a novice, so I can say that. I'm waiting a few weeks for Linuxppc to come out with R5. I'll order it then and put it on my G3 at work so I can at least dual-boot into a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) Wow, that's a helluva deal. I thought getting Redhat 5.1 for $1.99 from www.cheapbytes.com was a good deal. Used Star Office yet? I think I'm going to dl it tomorrow since we have it on our Sunsite mirror and give it a shot. (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) Actually, Linux has been pretty much stationary lately... too much other stuff to do :( (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) Ok, I had a look. The directory named "Suse" weighs in at 448MB, with the total space used on the CD being 648MB. How much is actually all Suse and the rest DOS/Win format support files I don't know. 'Tis 5.2, kernel 2.0.34. Does this seem (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) I know there are quite a few different flavours of the stuff, so my question would be, "Does software, such as SIAG office, work on both???" Or is the software usually written with the one version in mind. I need a new hard disk, 1.6GB doesn't (...) (26 years ago, 9-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: A stupid DOS question.....
 
(...) It should work on both. In some cases, you'll need to do more tweaking if you're using a distribution other than the one the app was targeted at. (26 years ago, 10-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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