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- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!hydra!klaava!torvalds
- From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds)
- Subject: Re: Linux-Coherent comparison (was Priorities...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.093158.28575@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
- References: <270.2B285D26@mechanic.Fidonet.org>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 09:31:58 GMT
- Lines: 17
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- In article <270.2B285D26@mechanic.Fidonet.org> Jeff.Tomich@p1.f260.n3603.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jeff Tomich) writes:
- >
- >Where does one get Linux? I'm currently a Coherent user, would like to
- >see how Linux works. Is it an 32bit system and were do I purchase it?
-
- Yes, linux is 32-bit, but you don't generally purchase it: just ftp to
- tsx-11.mit.edu or any of the other linux ftp sites (sunsite.unc.edu and
- nic.funet.fi as well as a lot of other sites). Also read comp.os.linux
- for details.
-
- If you don't have ftp-capability, it's also available on a number of BBS
- sites (not recommended, though: they are usually not very up-to-date),
- and if you are really desperate you can buy it on floppies (see
- c.o.linux for details). There are even a couple of CD-roms, although
- that isn't the normal way to get linux.
-
- Linus
-