Gnu on a '386 or a '486

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From: Marc Berkowitz
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1991 23:28

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I have a question. (Forgive me if it has been answered already, but I get the
mailing lists, not the news feed, so I can't look back over old postings.)

I'm thinking of buying a '386 machine as a "personal unix workstation" for
domestic use, especially system hacking. I want to run Gnu unix, gcc,
g++, ghostscript etc. I also want to run a window system for which
free software is readily available - I suppose this means X.

What is a practical low-end system configuration? What is required to
run the Gnu (or Mach) kernel, to build and run gcc, etc? I want to
stay in the mainstream of Gnu, and not be trapped in a sidestream of
weird code. 

By the way, when or how is Mach available?

Please respond by email. Thanks in advance.
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Marc Berkowitz	
Sr. Programmer, BARRA
1995 University Ave. Suite 400, Berkeley, Cal. 94704
marc@corwin.barra.com

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