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- The GNU software archives from prep.ai.mit.edu contain over 80
- software packages for your UNIX computer. You get 250 megabytes of
- source code, and you also get PRECOMPILED binaries for SunOS 4.1.3
- and Solaris 2.3. You can use most of the software straight off of
- the disc and save yourself both disk space and compiling time.
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- The GNU utilities pride themselves on portability. You will meet
- them wherever you go. Once you know these tools, you will become
- comfortable in any Unix environment.
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- The industry standard Emacs text wditor will increase your
- programming speed with its awareness of programming languages. As a
- C developer, you use the GCC C and C++ compiler, the C++ library, the
- debugging tool gdb, and many other tools.
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- You'll also get Perl (fast becoming the industry standard scripting
- language), smalltalk, and more. For fun, try GNU chess, GNU go, and
- GNU shogi.
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- Everything comes with source and ducumentation. You even get patches
- for the larger packages that you can apply to an exisiting setup to
- bring it up to the current release. No need to lose all the
- customization you have made! With this disc, you can bring any
- barebones system up to a professional working environment.