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Whats this Linux thing then

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From: dkd
Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <01bb686c.4953b580$8e3e25ca@om-wel-00019>, 
dclarke@ords.co.nz says...
> All,
> 
> I've been seeing all these references to Linux this and 
Linux that, and
> apart from it being a flavor of UNIX whats it so popular 
for, what are
> people installing it on partitions on the HDD??
> 
> And to make me look like a total thicko - how hard is it to 
build one into
> a Intanet web server??
> 
> 
> Dave Clarke
> dclarke@ords.co.nz
> 
I set it up so that I can program and test perl programs for
the internet.
Apart from that, it beats having to become a slave to 
Microsoft. There are many applications that run on Linux.
Generally though I use it to experiment with.
-Danielle.
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From: dkd@mail.interconnect.com.au
Subject: Whats this Linux thing then
Date: 1996/07/05
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