BrightStor ARCserve Backup Enterprise Option for Advantage Ingres for Linux 11.5 Complete package

Advantages: Powerful OS that costs the nothing.
Disadvantages: Can be a bugger to set up. Not for the novice. Uses older libraries and Kernal than moderm brethen. Not at home on a FAT hard drive.

...this dial up accont you can close the box. This will bring you back to the 'kppp' window with your ISP's name in the 'Connect to' box. Just enter your Username and Password, hit connect and you should be logged into your ISP's network. There is plenty of free material available from a number of Linux Websites from applications to games, to graphics packages to programming languages, and practically all of these are free. Linux is even making small in-roads into the games market. The recent game Quake III also had a Linux version. It will be a while before Linux gets a proper set of drivers similar to DirectX and this is why I still use Windows. Linux is immune to all DOS/Windows viruses as it's executables are completely different from the DOS style 'exe' files. Linux also has full file protection so that each user has their own directory... Read review

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Advantages: very easy to use very simular to windows / MAC
Disadvantages: NONE

...installed windows or a mac OS then you will find this very easy and everything is fully explained to you in a panel on the left of your screen any way. you can chose the typical install which install most of the software from the 5CDs. you can easly change all this by chosing the stuff you want from groups of programs. like games, multimedia. graphical, development, Office, productive,ect,ect all with full descriptions of what the program does,so finding the right things is easy. by default it usually give you the option to install the GUI you want with basic program packages and Office, perfect for anybody new or old user to get their pc running for most jobs. which ever GUI you choose you will feel right at home, all the buttons, controls and menus seem to be in the right places like in KDE you get a windows style start menu and button... Read review

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Advantages: FREE, Not Microsoft, Flexibility, Cost per user, 2 server licences
Disadvantages: Limited backup system requiring a third party product.

...WOW - Novell have just made this great package absolutely free. You can get it at http://www.ramms.co.uk/novell.htm perfectly legally. The free version offers 5 concurrent user & 2 server licences. There is an expansion pack, which adds a further 5 concurrent users and enables more user licences to be added, but adding this is still cheaper than a standard 10 user licence. Let me explain that this is a comprehensive suite of small business tools designed to assist communication and provide network computer users with easy access to centrally resourced, computer network based, applicaations, tools and information, both locally and/or via the Internet. It is not something that the average home user would normally be interested in, but if you run a small business, and need to store information, share networked resources and require... Read review

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