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In article <42ohk0$bc7@yarrow.wt.com.au>, gmcghee@yarrow.wt.com.au (Gary McGhee) writes:
|> I'm wondering about getting an A1200 and hoping I can get Linux and X
|> Windows running on it alongside AmigaDOS. I realise I would need an
|> 030 card and can't multitask the two OS's. (correct me if I'm wrong).

You can't run both AmigaOS and Linux/68k at the same time.

|> Does anyone have Linux & X running on any Amiga ?

Yes. I run it on my A4000/040.

|> Are you using AGA ? Can you use any colour depth up to 256 colours ?

Yes. From 2-256 colors. This requires a new frame buffer device and X server
that can be found on ftp://linux3.cc.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/Linux68k/.

|> How compatible is it with PC Linux ? Does Netscape run properly ?

It's _source_ code compatible (almost), i.e. most programs for Linux/386 can be
compiled on Linux/68k too.

There's no Netscape because Netscape Communications doesn't want to compile a
version for Linux/68k. They even don't reply if you ask them by E-mail. That's
what I call `good business and user support'.

But chimera works fine.

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/68k on Amiga,...       http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium