moving from SCO to Linux

[Jeremy Anderson]

Bill Vermillion wrote:

> Why Mandrake as opposed to some of the more popular Linux versions?
> SuSE seems to be highly regarded and is owned by Novell.

SuSE is a consideration as well.  I've always liked Mandrake's responsiveness to Security issues, and they make an excellent desktop implementation.  
I was not aware that the SuSE <-> Novell thing had been finalized and approved by everyone.
As for political concerns...to each his own.
Browsing through the list, I saw a post or two mentioning wonkiness with the latest version of SCO.

> You didn't even mention the version of SCO you have - and depending
>on the version it might be cheaper and easier to move to new HW.
> It is important about the version - because of CPU support.

Deprived of the `uname -a` command, I find myself frustrated.
Digging through sysadm, I have harvested the following answers:

UNIX System Release 4.0, UNIX System Version 3.0
On another screen, I found 03.02 as a version.  I'd reboot the thing to see what pops up on the splash screen, but it's the middle of the day, and it's being heavily used.

I definitely intend to upgrade the hardware.  Otherwise, I'd just leave this machine be.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it, right?  

Jeremy
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Jeremy Anderson     jeremy (at) plunketts.net   
IT Manager, Plunkett's Pest Control
Author, MultiTool Linux