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- From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
- Subject: Re: Cheapest X Option ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.233154.863@netcom.com>
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- References: <29973@castle.ed.ac.uk> <C0MnMx.G8u@quadsys.com> <1993Jan10.183905.1571@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:31:54 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan10.183905.1571@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) writes:
- >In article <C0MnMx.G8u@quadsys.com> roland@quadsys.com (Roland Besserer) writes:
- >>chrisw@castle.ed.ac.uk (C Walton) writes:
- >>: I don't know if this is the right group for this post but:
- >>:
- >>: Can anyone reccomend to me the cheapest way I can get an X Windows
- >>: setup? I have been told that Desqview/X on the PC is the one I
- >>: should go for?
- >>:
- >>: Thanks in advance - Chris (cdw@castle.ed.ac.uk or cdw@dcs.ed.ac.uk)
- >>
- >>You should. See my post under 'Running X on a PC'
- >>
- >
- >If using DOS is not a requirement, but using the i386/i486 hardware is,
- >then linux + XFree86 may be a very viable option for you.
- >
- If one does not need to use DOS and Unix simultaneously, then Linux or 386bsd
- is a viable option. You can get 386bsd at agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD
- as well as XFree86 for 386bsd. At least under 386bsd, one can always use a
- dual-boot manager to bring up dos or 386bsd. Additionally, you will have nfs
- so that you can share disk resources in your environment. For instance, one
- of the 386bsd systems is connected to the internet and we use it a lot to
- compile large packages such as X, interviews, tk, the kernel, etc..
-
- Enjoy,
-
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