The goal of this review is to examine the install process for this new OS and to give users some insight as to what an install of Red Hat 6.1 has in store for them.

Well, I bit the bullet. Time to test out this 'new' flavour of linux. To start off I downloaded the whopping 140 meg package from www.winlinux.net, and then followed instructions.

Shell scripting, allows you to fully utilize the shell's abilities and to automate a lot of tasks that would otherwise require a lot of commands to perform.

SMB, or server message block, is the file sharing protocol developed by Microsoft. Samba is the Unix/Linux verion of SMB, and is completely compatible with Microsoft's implementation.

Being among the first in porting software from Windows to Linux can't be easy. Especially if you do not have any feeling for the Linux community. Still, it is nice to see software that you have played with - and sort of liked - under your new OS. This is what has happened to CoffeeCup Software's HTML Editor ++.

So Many Window Managers, So Little Time

The persistent nature of Java servlets makes them ideal for database/web technology. Mr. McDonald takes a look at using servlets with PostgreSQL and JDBC.

Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 not only continues to leapfrog over all other Linux distributions for ease of installation; it also proves, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Linux can be easier to install than Windows.

People often ask me why I use Linux as my desktop operating system instead of the more popular Windows.

This review is more concern with how it can be done and give newbies a idea of the entire

process and what information they have to know about their hardware prior to installation.

It also covers comparison of certain stage in the installation to other Linux

distributions such as RedHat 5.1, 5.2 and SuSE6.2.