🚀 go-pugleaf

OK having decided to take the plunge and reduce the amount of my micro$uck
products I would like to gather some info about the pitfalls of UNIX so any
responce welcome

I am currently running a home office computer used by 3 or 4 ppl so windoze
will have to still be operational and 100 % stable (or as near to that as
it ever gets) so I was considering using partition magic or similar to
block off about 400 MB and set up a unix os my questions are 

which is the best unix style os ?? lunix etc any1 tried miniunix or Uwin
(sounds like that would defeat the point tho)

Am I likely to see significant speed increases in net usage ?? (I believed
the biggest bottleneck would be the modem connection speed but a rabid unix
advocate was saying that as most net servers are unix based and the s/w is
more efficient I would see increases !!)

I have heard that there is a very cheap 6 cd pack for about $25 that
contains lunix plus 90% of the tools / apps I may want, any1 know who
provides this as it would save on online time and frustration.

Will my many small DOS apps be compatible in a unix enviroment ?? as part
of the same question when you partition a hard disk will the os be blind to
the separate (other) partition ?

What are the favored / best email, newsreader and browser combinations for
unix ???

any other hints / tips and related info also gladly welcomed I would
appreciate it if responses could come by email,  Thanks in advance

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Phat Phreddy

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