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It's 12 Jun 97  13:27,
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discussion of What would you *like* to see in a pro-Linux article?

 an> 1. As someone else pointed out, it runs quite happily on a 486 if you
 an> have enough RAM (I survive reasonably well in 16Mb).

Gee, it runs well on a 386 with 4 MB! :-)  Try that with Windows 95! :-)

 an> 2. Full-featured networking that actually works and doesn't crash all
 an> the time.

Most definitely!

 an> 7. Cheap.

A big selling point. :-)

 an> I use it for its stability, decent networking and because I like to
 an> use emacs and LaTeX for writing papers and such.  This will become less
 an> of an issue when I'm no longer a student, but I'll probably keep the
 an> faith.

I'm not a student myself, and use Linux for its power, flexibility and
stability on limited hardware.  Oh, and the stable networking is a boon
here. :-)

... Back when I was a boy, we carved our IC's out of rock.
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