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- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 08:59:04 +0100
- From: Christian Lynbech <lynbech@daimi.aau.dk>
- Message-Id: <199401170759.AA05806@avignon.daimi.aau.dk>
- To: mint@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu
- Subject: MiNT goes UNIX? YES!
-
-
- > From: Annius Groenink <Annius.Groenink@let.ruu.nl>
- > > I'd like to propose not to go into too much detail in defining a "standard"
- > > for the file system layout. Different distributions will handle things
- > > differently, so I don't see much sense in discussing at this time where
- > > particular binaries of particular flavours of Unix should live, especially
- > > since most programs are independent of their physical location.
- >
- > I totally agree. MiNT shouldn't be viewed as an attempt to obtain a
- > complete UNIX clone. I mean look at this discussion, it's ridiculous,
- > really. There's nothing Atari-specific left. What about GEM for example.
- > Did we forget about that?
- >
-
- I do not.
-
- Let's not get into a religious dispute over UNIX vs. a lot of other
- things, but let us just recognize that for some of us, the UNIX way
- feels better in many respects.
-
- MiNT is in this context quite a step in the right direction, providing
- much of the stuff a UNIX will need, emulating a bunch of the rest in
- the library. So MiNT and friends can bring my atari a lot closer to
- the feel of my university UNIX account. Furthermore, I think that the
- ressources needed will be much more favorable for a UNIX-near MiNT
- setup than a LINUX distribution can ever hope for.
-
- So to me, starting a UNIX-like clone up on the basis of MiNT, is
- indeed very sensible. And this discussion really only is an attempt to
- collect the UNIX freaks, so we can pull together on the project.
-
- Not that I mind the critique, one should always have people asking why
- this is really good, but if this discussion is to deterioate into some
- mindless OS war (it hasn't yet) we better get back to the original
- idea of a separate mailing list. I for one still like the idea of an
- Atari UNIX (like) thing.
-
- I have nothing against my atari, or GEM or GEMDOS, I simply have other
- preferences.
-
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- email: lynbech@daimi.aau.dk | - petonic@hal.com (Michael A. Petonic)
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