From: Sean Chou (ychou)
Date: Wed Jan 12 1994 - 01:30:18 EST
> My wishes are the following:
>
> + It would be very nice if the machine could run Unix (mostly linux)
> + It would be very nice if it could also run X
Right now, there seems to be some problems getting Linux to work,
although Keith Moore has hacked out many of the problems associated
with Linux. He can probably tell you a lot more. It's still not
a perfect translation yet, but it does work (no floppy access though).
> + I don't like DOS, but I have no negative a priori against OS/2
As you would expect, OS/2 works great on a TP750.
> + The most important requirement is that I can run GNU compiler and
> other related software (gmake, bison, rcs ...). In fact I don't care
> the OS, provided it has some usefull features (mainly good memory
> management, multi-tasking, good graphic interface). Unix would be
> great because I have some experience about it, about X, and about
> free software related to Unix.
Well, OS/2 has a GNU C/C++ compiler (two, as a matter of fact). It
also has many UNIX-y and X-y programs to make you feel more at home.
I believe nearly all the command-line utilities are available. Check
out ftp-os2.cdrom.com for the biggest collection (I know of) of OS/2
programs.
Hey, can someone tell me if I have a sig? I seemed to have lost it...
Sean Chou (seanchou_at_uiuc.edu) BTW, this is not my normal sig; it's just
a backup, in case I really don't have a sig.
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