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- From: lauther@ZTIVAX.ZFE.SIEMENS.DE ("", Dr Ulrich Lauther)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Are we dead??
- Message-ID: <9211171107.AA26543@zfe.siemens.de>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 11:07:03 GMT
- References: <no.id>
- Sender: daemon@presto.ig.com
- Reply-To: "Coherent operating system" <COHERENT@indycms.bitnet>
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- > I almost hate to say this but download Linux. In comparison with
- >Coherent, it is faster, more compatible, has X11R5, GNU everything, F77,
- >TeX, and is more reliable (at least on my machine). I had loads of
- >problems with Coherent 3 and 4 and decided to can it until MWC ships the
- >next upgrade. If it just had tape support and a nice C compiler, things
- >would be great.
- How do Linux and Coherent compare in terms of disc space needed? (I am
- running on a notebook)
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