My New OS
I've been running MacOS 8.6 for more than a year now. Since many programs I like aren't available on MacOS Classic at all (like any reasonable web server), or aren't updated any more (like Mozilla), I finally decided to make the switch, and I switched to Debian Linux. I've never used Debian before and I've never used Linux on a Mac, so I'm not sure what to blame. At any rate, I found the installation rather painful. It took me several days to set up the basic system with a working X server and a working dial-up connection. Then, last week, I tried to install a different kernel in order to get my ethernet card to work. The result is that now the system completely ignores my keyboard. Since I can't even login without the keyboard I don't know what to do next. Maybe I'll read some philosophy.
Luckily, I've put the new system on a new (well, second-hand) hard disk, so for now I'm back to MacOS 8.6.