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- From: najem@milton.cs.uiuc.edu (Ziad Najem)
- Subject: Re: OS for pc-hardware
- Message-ID: <1992Aug27.043150.27989@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Sender: news@m.cs.uiuc.edu (News Database (admin-Mike Schwager))
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1992Aug26.232602.23786@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 04:31:50 GMT
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- Make sure to give Linux (which is a FREE SysV (posix actually) unix) a
- try. It run's X, All GNU stuff, TeX/LaTeX, you name it.
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- Till now, it doesn't have DOS emulation but people are working on it.
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- While it supports many hardware items there are some which are not
- supported (SVGA cards under X in particular) so make sure to check
- your shoping list.
-
- check comp.os.linux for more info. The latest FAQ list is avilable from
- tsx-11.mit.edu (18.172.1.2) in pub/linux.
-
- Regards,
-
- - Ziad
- najem@cs.uiuc.edu
-