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- From: rgb@esleng.ocunix.on.ca (Richard Briggs)
- Subject: Re: Unix/XWindow on my 486...Where/How much?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.155805.13590@esleng.ocunix.on.ca>
- Organization: Excalibur Systems Limited, Kanata, Ontario, Canada
- References: <17dtuhINNff4@early-bird.think.com> <1992Aug26.101546.512@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> <l9lge4INN9e2@almaak.usc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:58:05 GMT
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- In article <l9lge4INN9e2@almaak.usc.edu> ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
- >phys169@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
- >
- >>In article <17dtuhINNff4@early-bird.think.com>, philip@think.com (Philip Mucci) writes:
- >>>...SCO... Could someone give me a
- >>> rundown on what kind of Unix/X packages are available for the 486?
- >>>
- >>Well, I've heard of a few, e.g. Linux, Solaris, a Novell "shrink-wrapped" Unix
- >
- >>As I understand it, Unix on PC hardware is very sensitive to support - you need
- >>a steady flow of drivers and updates for new boards. I know of SCO being used
- >
- >No no no!
- >There are a host of excellent Unix options for the PC, SCO is merely
- >the worst-priced of them.
- >
- >You don't need a "steady stream of drivers". You need to get your
- >system up and running once, and then it'll work "forever".
- >
- >Commercial
- >----------
- >
- >1. Interactive Systems Unix
- > SV oriented, you get $195 upgrade to Solaris 2.0 for Intel.
- >2. SCO -- nasty incompatibilities may bite every once in a while :-(
- >3. many small companies producing SVR4 implementations. See Eric
- > Raymond's posting for more.
- >
- >RSN:
- >1. Solaris 2.0 for Intel (will be same as the OS which runs on a Sun
- > workstation)
- >2. "Destiny" -- Novell + USL SVR4 implementation
- >3. Nextstep
- >
- >Free
- >----
- >
- >1. Linux
- > Full Unix, with X, no networking. Too good to be true.
-
- Linux now has a beta TCP/IP at the finland site, MIT in a few days...
- Richard
-
- >2. 386-BSD
- > Not as many hackers into it as Linux. But it has networking and NFS.
- >
- >RSN
- >1. Hurd
- > The GNU OS. Been in the works for decades. Based on Mach.
- >
- > -ans.
- >--
- >Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu
-
-
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