Re: RedHat 5.0

["Brian Koontz <briank crss gar esys com>" <briank crss gar esys com>]

On Dec 15, 12:53am, Robin Davis wrote:

> I am a VERY new boy using Redhat 4.2, which I am very very impressed with.
> Is it a good move to upgrade to 5.0? I am still at the bottom of the
> learning curve so don't really want to have to fight with bugs
> <"features"> right now. Have people found 5.0 stable enough for a newbie,
> or shall I keep my order on hold. Also, what is the experienced perception
> of Applixware? Is it a good suite, because $99 for both 5 AND Applixware
> seems too good a bargain to pass on - IF everthing works. <Hey, maybe I
> CAN dump Win95 soon!>

Robin--

>From what I've seen on this list, I'd probably stick to 4.2 until the glitches
are worked out of their 5.0 release (especially if you're new to Linux).   I
see nothing 5.0 offers that would cause 4.2 to be "obsolete" or inferior to
5.0.

As for Applix, it seems to run OK *if* you have sufficient RAM.  On my 16MB
machine, I'm lucky to get it to do anything more than a simple document or
spreadsheet.  On the 64MB machine, it runs like a charm.

  --Brian