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Article #20394Re: UNIX for the PC?
From: Philip Perucci
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:20
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:20
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In article <1993Jan27.004333.30161@camaro.uucp> tfoley@camaro.uucp (Tim Foley) writes: >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. > > >-- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The HeartBeat of America...Yesterdays Camaro Z28 > tfoley@camaro.uucp > Call the Camaro Linux Pub-access site: 1-416-238-6550 USRobotics HST > Note: Please, no ftpmail or mailing lists or the host gets annoyed :) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I use Linux, and LOVE it. Don't have X yet due to my memory/HD limitations, but many people do use X. Linux is using the GNU libraries and C/C++ compiler. Naturally, the Un*x system calls are from the Linux kernel itself. -- =========================================================================== phil perucci | "Any opinions expressed are my own views, ssb1pzp@imcvms.med.navy.mil | not the position of any organization" ===========================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!bogus.sura.net!ra!mimsy!nmrdc1!dsc3pzp From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: UNIX for the PC? Message-ID: <C1Kz6F.C2q@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> Date: 28 Jan 93 20:20:38 GMT References: <C17qxA.114@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk> <1993Jan27.004333.30161@camaro.uucp> Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command Lines: 33