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Re: How can I buy Linux OS in Australia

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From: brett quinlan
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
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Mr Stuart Lamble (lamble@silas.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: Quang Nam Nguyen (qnn@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au) wrote:
: : MKTAN4 (MKTAN4@student.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: : : Hi All
: : : 
: : : 	Can anyone tell me where can I buy Linux x-windows OS in Australia.
: : : 
: : : 
: : Start
: :     if XFree86 is what you after then
: :         get Linux from CDs or ftp.dstc.edu.au
: :         or visit http://www.laserbaud.com.au 

: _or_, given that the person in question is a Monash student, the site
: ftp.monash.edu.au:/pub/linux/distributions/slackware/
: may be more appropriate.

: Stuart, who's still trying to persuade the computer centre here at Monash
: that it would be a good idea to devote the disk space to a mirror of
: Redhat and/or Debian instead. :-)

This is one place where I take sides with the CC.

Slackware roolz, debian redhat droolz :-P

cheers
Brett

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Brett Quinlan                   |"Contrary to popular belief, UNIX is user
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Email: B.Quinlan@latrobe.edu.au | makes friends with."
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From: j4823363@ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au (brett quinlan)
Subject: Re: How can I buy Linux OS in Australia
Date: 1996/08/29
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