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Re: Question: GUI integrated into Linux ??? - When if ever ????

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <7fffg0$lbg$1@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
Island Computer <dbturner@islandco.com> wrote:
>I was at a Birthday party over the weekend - a bunch of University Users
>that swear by Microsoft were arguing that maybe if Linux was as easy to use
>and install as NT, then they would perhaps try it out

Tell them to try FreeBSD instead. It's easier to install than NT, and with
the Gnome packages it's a hell of a lot more pleasant to use.

Oh, and since it's got a lot of geneological and functional similarities to
Digital UNIX it's even on topic in comp.sys.dec.

-- 
In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
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From: peter@baileynm.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Question:  GUI integrated into Linux ??? - When if ever ????
Date: 1999/04/19
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