OS choices [was Re: OpenBSD 2.7 is out]

[Nathan Saper]

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datawolf@ibm.net writes:
 > OTOH, you may learn a lot by using something that's harder to use. 
 > Trial by fire.  I started off with Slackware, myself, mostly by
 > accident/ignorance.

I agree.  I also started with Slackware, and I learned a lot from it.
Nothing quite like having to write your own XF86Config file after
having just entered the UNIX world. :)

 > 
 > Another option is to install a bunch of different stuff.  I just got a
 > new 15 GB drive, and am trying to figure out how many different OS's I
 > can get on it.  Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Plan9, BeOS, and Linux are my
 > choices.  (No Window$ in my house!)

You might also want to try out SCO.  I haven't used it myself, but as
commercial *nix's go, I've heard that it's quite good.  Most of the
people I've talked to prefer it over Solaris.  And you can get a free
non-commercial license for it, and then you only have to order the
media (which is like $10 or something).

BTW, are you doing the free Solaris 8 thing, or are you actually going 
to buy it?

 > One of the things I definitely want
 > to do is create a Linux install from scratch, without a distro.  That
 > should be a learning experience, and a step up from making custom rescue
 > disks from scratch.

Have fun. :)
 
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