Re: Dream OS = Linux

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From: Joe Sloan
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:56

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In article <411imi$q76@rover.ucs.ualberta.ca>,
Jon Martin <cs94367@cs.ualberta.ca> wrote:
>wyatt@moa.com (Wyatt Earp) writes:
>
>>BTW,  Microsoft bundles Solitaire with windows, ( yawn!)  but Linux
>>comes with DOOM!
>
>     There we have it!  The true measure of any OS!  Does it come with DOOM?  
>You can keep your pathetic deck of playing cards, give me a chainsaw anyday!
>BTW, has anyone tried DOOM on an SGI?  I heard it is extremely cool.

I thought maybe SGI doom would have SGI quality graphics, but it's
basically the same old doom, at the same resolution, running in a 
window on the SGI desktop. Obviously a quick and dirty port.

At least Linux doom is available in a console-mode version as well.

--
It's sad to see people buying wholesale into some Microsoft-generated
hype about ancient ideas emerging as 'New Technology'.

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From: jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu (Joe Sloan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel,alt.2600
Subject: Re: Dream OS = Linux
Date: 18 Aug 1995 17:56:11 GMT
Organization: University of Calfornia at Riverside
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