Comment Comments on the installation (Score 1) 176
Unlike most of the people who have commented, I actually have a copy of Caldera openlinux and have installed it. It *does not* install X before you start, that doesn't happen until the very end. (Which, unfortunatley, still didn't get set up right for my computer). The graphical installation is nice, however, I gave a copy to my little brother to try and install and it didn't work on his monitor, period. (He has only a VGA, not SVGA)
I very much like some aspects of installation, like the mouse setup where it allows you to test the current setting to see if you do indeed have the right mouse settings. I also liked how even as it was asking you questions it was installing in the background, so even if you walk away you don't lose time installing. It simplified even more aspects of setup than say, redhat, which is great for someone who doesn't know what the names of all those configuration programs hidden in odd areas of your HDD. of course, eventually you have to learn all that, but I believe it's far easier to learn linux when everything is set up properly, rather than trying to learn as you're trying to configure, which makes it just plain frustrating.
One thing I really didn't like about the setupwas that it didn't allow you to do a custom setup and select what packages to install individually.
Nonetheless, I've been recommending this install for people who have never used linux before, and only know windows. They don't have to use that distro forever, but it's a great one to start out on.
I very much like some aspects of installation, like the mouse setup where it allows you to test the current setting to see if you do indeed have the right mouse settings. I also liked how even as it was asking you questions it was installing in the background, so even if you walk away you don't lose time installing. It simplified even more aspects of setup than say, redhat, which is great for someone who doesn't know what the names of all those configuration programs hidden in odd areas of your HDD. of course, eventually you have to learn all that, but I believe it's far easier to learn linux when everything is set up properly, rather than trying to learn as you're trying to configure, which makes it just plain frustrating.
One thing I really didn't like about the setupwas that it didn't allow you to do a custom setup and select what packages to install individually.
Nonetheless, I've been recommending this install for people who have never used linux before, and only know windows. They don't have to use that distro forever, but it's a great one to start out on.
