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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.004540.1075@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 00:45:40 GMT
- References: <Bx577E.AIy@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <BxA67v.G3y@unix.amherst.edu> <BxD9vM.MAJ@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <BxDLrL.FxE@unix.amherst.edu>
- Organization: Global Village 1
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- twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
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- >>NO, YOU are an idiot, if you see linux as the hope for the future.
- >What are you talking about? You said that a "real" operating system
- >should install from floppy. Linux installs from floppy. Conclusion:
- >you lose.
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- But it doesn't meet the other requirements listed... You lose.
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- >Um, no ... I think most people say, "Cool! What's the number? What
- >baud rate?" What world are *you* living in? One where Prodigy hasn't
- >yet been introduced?
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- What's Prodigy?
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- >>If you want a nice graphical interface
- >>like Windows or Os/2, you have to ftp and make that too.
- >Um, no ... you just install X from the SLS disks, I believe.
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- Yep. But then, how do I know to type in 'startx' on the command line?
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