Pursuing what truly interests you and following your curiosity is extremely fun, while taking classes helps you stick to a schedule and be organized. Stay tuned for a future column on this very topic. All it needs for widespread acceptance is a friendly graphical interface and vastly improved hardware support. The best attempt yet at providing this is a brand-new product from Caldera , Open Linux 2.2. It is designed to install on your Windows machine, using Partition Magic and Boot Magic, so you can install and test it without messing up your Windows programs.
Installation is quite easy.
Hard-core Linux geeks either write their own or go out on the Internet and find them. Caldera Open Linux includes a large assortment of drivers, but nowhere near as many as you get with Windows, so this could still be a problem. Setting up user accounts and installing applications is easy, and the KDE desktop has some nice features. The one I like best is that you can easily set up four different desktops, each one a mouse click away, so if you have ever yearned for multiple desktops, this is for you. You can use it on a standalone PC or build a small network.