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In article <17dtuhINNff4@early-bird.think.com>, philip@think.com (Philip Mucci) writes:
>...SCO... Could someone give me a
> rundown on what kind of Unix/X packages are available for the 486?
> 
Well, I've heard of a few, e.g. Linux, Solaris, a Novell "shrink-wrapped" Unix
and some (I think free) BSD port.  I don't have a lot of details about them,
so I hope that anyone responding to the original poster will also help me by
indicating where these have got to, how much support there is for them, etc.

As I understand it, Unix on PC hardware is very sensitive to support - you need
a steady flow of drivers and updates for new boards.  I know of SCO being used
where they really need an updated version, but it is beyond their budget, so I
guess cost is an important parameter too.

I've heard people say that major packages like X11, TeX and emacs/epoch will
compile on some of these Unixes (Unices? Unixen??) with minor modifications,
although that's not the same as being a big enough product that major packages
come ready-tested and configured for them. 

Mark Aitchison, University of Canterbury.