[KLUG Members] Re: New on BSware this week. -- Open Source on Windows

[Bryan J. Smith]

Quoting Mike Morrett <flinchlock@fastmail.fm>:
> It seems there where some bad? problems with the first release of RH8.0.

Each RedHat (X+1).0 release introduces binary incompatibilities with the
previous X.Y series.  The GCC (GNU [C] Compiler Collection) and GLibC (GNU C
Libraries) change, resulting in this.

> So, are you "guys" pretty happy with RH8.0 (or the latest version of
> BSware)?

I haven't made the move, but am planning to this weekend.

> I'm just a home user with a TDK IDE CD burner and an Epson USB 1650
> scanner.  I don't play any games or MP3s, just simple letters in
> "Word".

Remember, you _can_ get "Linux" on Windows c/o "Open Source" on Windows. 
OpenOffice and Mozilla are two big ones to consider.

Once you adopt those on Windows, it gets much easier to migrate to Linux later.

> I'm finally ready to add BSware to my PC.  Until I get Linux
> competent, I'll dual boot with Windoze to do stuff for my
> wife's job.

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