Can You Say Linux?

[Holly Lisle]

Oh, boy.  Somebody here mentioned Linux as a stable OS that 
might be worth checking out as a replacement for Windows.  So I 
did some research -- discovered that Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 was a 
highly recommended and relatively droolproof release, that it came 
bundled with a full version of WordPerfect 8, StarOffice 5, 
Netscape, a bunch of games, a million utilities . . . and all for $29 
bucks.

So I acquired it.  Installed it today.  

Hmmmm.  I'm kinda-sorta impressed, in an I-may-not-be-smart-
enough-to-use-this way.  I got the program up and running with no 
problem.  The kdesk interface is excellent, WordPerfect works very 
well, I even searched the internet and found out how to bring up the 
Dvorak keyboard (though I haven't found a way to make it the 
default).

On the downside, I can't yet get my modem, my printer or my sound 
card to work, and I can't even locate the help that would tell me 
where to start.  Since I purchased the program instead of 
downloading it for free, I do get ninety days of tech support for free, 
but I don't even know yet what to try so that I can figure out what 
isn't working.

(I do think my sound problem may be that I don't have a sound card 
exactly.  I have a Maestro MPU401 Wave Table Synthesis Device, 
or something along those lines.)  

The modem and the printer I just can't get.

So . . . who was the Linux user?  Any cheering words as I slog 
ahead?

Holly
         Holly Lisle -- never give up on your dreams
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