Installation:
The installation was great. You insert the CD in Windows and it automatically pops up a multimedia presentation that includes videos of OpenLinux and a lot of information. You can choose to install OpenLinux. A Caldera version of Partition Magic is installed and run. I personally prefer the full version of  Partition Magic. This version only gives you three options, create a Linux partition with 300 megs, with 1000 megs, or with the maximum ammount of space. It also automatically makes a swap partition for you. I prefer to been able to choose exactly how much space to give to Linux and to the swap partition so I used my own Partition Magic to resize the Linux partitions that OpenLinux made. Next you simply insert the Boot/Install Disk and the CD and reboot your computer. The install is equally impressive. 100% of it is graphical (and not crappy looking like in other linux installs. it uses XF86). Once you get the install going it lets you configure your system while it installs everything. If you happen to get through the configuration before the install is complete, you get the option to play Tetris while you wait. Absolutely everything was auto-detected. You can even probe for what video card you have.

Start-Up:
Since OpenLinux 2.2 is based on the Linux 2.2.x kernel, the startup is graphical. It tells you on the left what module it is loading and then on the right it tells you the status of that loading. The login is graphical (it uses KDM, which is part of the KDE desktop suite). Upon logging in (as root in my case) KDE opens with a short wizard to introduce you to KDE and help you get things looking like you like them. I especially liked the option to create icons for your floppy and cdrom drives on the desktop, as these are a pain in the ass to mount when you want to use them. OpenLinux comes with 4 different KDE themes, but more can be downloaded from www.customize.org.

Software:
The software included is great. The full KDE suite is installed, including the games and multimedia programs. Netscape Navigator 4.51 also comes preinstalled, along with Corel's WordPerfect 8. StarDivision's Star Office 5.0 (which includes more features than Microsoft Office 2000 and will save in office formats) is also included; however, it doesn't come installed. The install files are copied to your hard drive in /opt/Office50/.

Configuration:
The configuration was also excellent. Especially recompiling the kernel! Included by the K icon (equavalent to the start button in windows) is a configuration button with a menu of all the configuration options, one of which was for the kernel. I loved this part! There is a list of the modules that can be loaded with the kernel on the left and a list of modules that are already loaded on the right. I was attempting to get my sound card working. I was thinking, since its a sound blaster compatible, I'd want a module called soundblaster or something. I found one called SB and upon hitting the Info button I was informed that this was the module for all soundblaster compatible cards. I hit the add button and was informed that a few other modules, including the sound module, would have to be installed. Everything was painless and after restarting the computer my sound worked perfectly. Wow! I could never get my sound to work under Red Hat! This kernel configuratoin was done with COAS. COAS also has a software managment program where you can check and uncheck what software should be installed on your computer.

Conclusion:
So basically, Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 is the most usable Linux I've ever seen. Everything was flawless and easy to install, even with this piece of shit, windows box (compaq). I would recommend OpenLinux 2.2 to anyone. Now if only the VMWare team would get on the ball and get me a VMWare for OpenLinux 2.2!!