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- From: shendrix@PCS.CNU.EDU (Charles Shannon Hendrix)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: Re: Socket Emulation
- Message-ID: <9301062205.AA16301@PCS.CNU.EDU>
- Date: 6 Jan 93 22:05:10 GMT
- References: <9301061057.AA15457@PCS.CNU.EDU>
- Sender: daemon@presto.ig.com
- Reply-To: "Coherent operating system" <COHERENT@indycms.bitnet>
- Lines: 92
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- > >Yikes! I had *thought* that Coherent was a relatively decent OS until now.
- > >I can understand not having IP ("net") sockets, but you're gonna have a bad
- > >time porting anything like a MUD if it won't even do UNIX (filesystem) ones.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > ?
-
- He's talking about UNIX family sockets which you can use if you don't
- have TCP/IP support. Linux has both.
-
- >
- > >Jeeez... TinyMUSH, PennMUSH, and DikuMUD compile out-of-the-box under Linux.
- > >Even LP-MUD compiles without too much twiddling. ...and Linux is FREE.
- > >
- > >How much did you pay for COH? Is it *refundable*?
- >
- > What's the support telephone number for Linux?
-
- Most support seems best on the net. Linux questions get answers
- in a week at the worst, a few hours usually. Same with Coherent. I
- think MWC does an OK job and their support is what your $99 gets you.
- Which is good. Still, support for any system is best online. PC and
- Macintosh users get their best support online, not a phone line to the
- company. Of course, I realize some don't have access to BBS and networks
- but that is rapidly changing.
-
- >
- > Why does the extfs eat directories?
-
- Where did you hear it did? I have always used it and it is rock-
- solid. I spent four hours trying to crash it on purpose one day by turning
- the system off without sync'ing, overloading the system, opening all the
- file handles, etc. Works just fine. I have NEVER had a file system
- crash under Linux and I certainly had a few under Coherent.
-
- How about this... Why can't Coherent mount any file system other
- than it's little V7 file system? Right now, I have a 212meg extended
- file system mounted, a 125meg DOS file system mounted, and a MINIX floppy
- file system mounted. Again, no problems with the DOS file system and I
- have used it as if it were just another Linux file system with short names
- and never once did I have a crash. Plus, it's a lot easier than using all
- those dostool programs to manipulate files.
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-
- >
- > Why doesn't lpr work on Linux?
-
- Perhaps because it wasn't compiled? Sure as hell works good on
- my system.
-
- > How many iBCS binaries run on Linux?
-
- None. But then, plenty won't run under Coherent. Further,
- source code compatibility is more important to Coherent and Linux at
- this point.
- >
- > Why is it so difficult to get Linux to boot directly from a hard disk?
- >
-
- Why do you think it is? Getting Linux to boot is easy. It took
- me about five minutes. LILO, the Linux loader, is one of the simplest and
- best loaders around. It can boot any OS from any partition on any drive.
- I just configured it and ran install. Pretty simple if you ask me.
-
- > Where can I buy the type set, professionally written manual for Linux?
-
- I got one at Waldensoft for $25. It's title said something about
- Posix and System 5... I also use my Coherent manual... Documentation
- for Linux is growing daily and the doc group is seeking publishers (cheap
- ones from China...:-). When finished, it will be better than what you
- get for Coherent simply because there is more of it. Yeah, I know there
- isn't (yet) a company behind it but it's very good. All the Coherent
- manual contains is the man pages, and index, and a few short tutorials.
- Don't get me wrong, I like it. But it's not earth-shattering by any means.
-
- > Go back to comp.os.linux and stop trying to start flame wars.
-
- Agreed. But then, you just flamed and you were wrong. I have both
- systems (even tried MINIX once) and I like Coherent. But it is stupid to
- deny the problems of an OS just because you like it. I could give you
- a plenty long list of gripes I have with Linux and Coherent both. It just
- so happens that Linux comes out on top right now and I can't wait for
- MWC to add needed features, bux fixes, and performance enhancements to
- Coherent. Why should I when Linux delivers it now.
-
- > --
- >
- > Rick Kelly rmkhome!rmk@merk.com merk!rmkhome!rmk rmk@frog.UUCP
- >
-
-
- Csh
-