Hi, Keith,
>
> I will follow the advice of the separate Linux box soon, but I have a
> separate (and idle) 1.6GB drive in this box, and will make that the Linux
> partitions leaving the dreaded WinDoz95 on the other drive...
One of the things I really must give Caldera credit for is making that
process, creating a dual boot system, even on a single drive, quite
painless. To quote my Keith, doing his very first *nix install with zero
experience: "You couldn't ask for an easier install".
>
> This will also allow me to keep Juno going. Has anyone any good ideas
> on running Juno under Linux? I realize that Juno denies that one can,
> but one of my younger brothers (of the seven of them!) runs Juno 4.0 on
> his Mac with a WinDoz emulator, Crude and slow, but free...
Caldera includes WINE. We've played with it on Keith's dual boot system,
and I am amazed at how many Windows apps can, in fact, be run that way. So
long as it isn't written by Microsoft, your chances seem to be around 50/50.
Try it and see. You have absolutely nothing to lose.
>
> After I negotiate the slippery slope of the Linux Learning Curve, THEN
> I'll try to sell it to the YF & daughter, both of who are capable of
> such, but unwilling to admit it at times (sigh)
Microsoft may try to spread FUD on how steep a learning curve it is, but
among my family and friends, with various levels of computer literacy,
nobody has found it terribly hard. Mind you, some of them really don't
understand it, just how to do the tasks they need, but heck, at least they
are using Linux to do those tasks instead of Windows :)
Good luck!
Caity
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