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- From: djk@bby.com.au (David Keegel)
- Subject: Re: X-windows S/W;
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.065701.20456@bby.com.au>
- Organization: Burdett, Buckeridge & Young Ltd., Melbourne, Australia
- References: <8484D5C6frank@whare.cavebbs.welly.gen.nz>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 06:57:01 GMT
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- frank@whare.cavebbs.welly.gen.nz (Frank van der Hulst) writes:
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- ] u1714473@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au wrote the following:
- ] >
- ] > I am interested in X-windows software for and IBM-clone/ISA type PC.
- ] > I know that this was discussed in one of the news groups not long ago
- ] > but I did not need to know then and I don't remember enough of the details.
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- ] You don't specifically mention DOS, so I'll suggest OS/2, with IBM's TCP/IP
- ] and X-windows software.
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- If you can do that, I can suggest Linux (a free Unix clone for 386/486 PCs)
- which comes with TCP/IP (in version 0.98) plus Xfree86 (guess what that is).
- Or if you prefer, 386BSD version 0.1 plus Xfree86.
-
- ] The price of all three together is less than the cost of some X-windows
- ] packages alone, and you get a superior OS for free!
-
- Ditto.
-
- Disclaimer: I don't run Linux or 386BSD myself.
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