Re: UNIX for the PC?

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From: Tim Foley
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:43

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In article <C17qxA.114@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> scst74@csc.liv.ac.uk (Mr. D.W.F. Liu) writes:
>Hi,
>	Okay before I even start, NO FLAMES PLEASE, especially MS Windows fans,
>I'm a total XWindows fan and love it's multi-tasking and dislike MS Windows.  It's just a matter of opinion as I'm sure there are tons of people who look at it from the opposite view.
>	Now that little disclaimer is over could someone tell me if there is a
> pd UNIX version and XWindows as well.  I've heard that it's about 1000 
>pounds (here in the UK) for just setting UNIX up on one computer which seems
> really excessive.  Heard of Linux but don't know how good it is compared to
> the UNIX and XWindows(X11) version we've got here at university.  If there 
>isn't a pd version, does anyone know what the cheapest UNIX system is, 

  Linux or 386 BSD ... Both *FREE*.  I'm running Linux with Xwindows, and it 
runs just great, wish I had a 20 inch monitor though...and X is free thanks 
to those great people at mit.  
 

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