It's a great learning experience to use UNIX on MPE. I invoked the unix shell and thought that things are gonna be easier. But, unfortunately, lots of the familiar things I know wasn't there (eg.perl). Ended up learning about awk, etc. Emerson, Tom # El Monte <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The system you describe is suitable for "learning", but as usual, there is > the ever present question to ask: what do you actually want to DO with the > machine? If what you want to do is "learn Unix" [and, by extension, the > posix "shell" under MPE], then stick with a straight installation and skip > "X" for now. If you eventually want to dump (ahem "have an alternative to") > Microsoft, then you'll need to get "X" installed and you'll want to look > into StarOffice [now distributed by SUN] or Applixware -- both of these are > complete "suites" to supplant Microsoft Office > Of course, using Linux to learn the posix "shell" would actually make this > an "on topic" discussion thread... :) > Tom Emerson > Sr. Systems Analyst > NDC | e COMMERCE > [log in to unmask] > 626-258-4309 > 626-350-3832 FAX >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jim Phillips [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> >> Since this is way off topic, perhaps private replies would be better. >> >> We have ... aging PC's that are still operable, >> So, I'm thinking to ... use one ... to try out Linux >> bought RedHat Linux 6.0 ... I am looking for any ideas about >> installation and playing with Linux. >> the PC ... is a 486 with 16MB and I'm not sure of the disk drive size. >>