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

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From: Chris Clifton
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:00
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Peter da Silva wrote:
> 
> In article <371F55E0.2A5E@infoave.net>,
> Chris Clifton  <chclifton@infoave.net> wrote:
> >What a wooosy! I built an install disk for w95 by manually adding
> >drivers to the config.sys and mscdex.exe to the autoexec.bat. EASY!
> 
> The point isn't that it's that hard, the point is that Mister Island Spam
> was complaining how hard it was to install Linux when he'd obviously never
> installed DOS or Windows.
> 
> --
> In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
>  `-_-'   Ar rug t� barr�g ar do mhact�re inniu?
>   'U`   "Twenty-two points, plus triple-word-score, plus fifty points for
>          using all my letters.  Game's over.  I'm outta here."
OK, I stand corrected! I just did a fresh install of w95 on a Compaq
486dx2-66 Presario, loaded the cd drivers off a home made boot disk,
fdisked and formatted the WD 1.6 gig from my disk and loaded the cd  and
NU95 v2.0 in less than a half-hour. .............

Chris.
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From: Chris Clifton <chclifton@infoave.net>
Subject: Re: Question:  GUI integrated into Linux ??? - When if ever ????
Date: 1999/04/23
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