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Xref: sserve comp.os.misc:3028 comp.os.lynx:464 comp.os.os2:2983 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10472 comp.os.os2.programmer:13794 comp.os.lynx:465 comp.os.mach:3866 comp.os.minix:23794 Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.os2,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!yale!yale.edu!spool.mu.edu!news.clark.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!henson!honeydew!n9044144 From: n9044144@honeydew.cc.wwu.edu (Khan M. Klatt) Subject: Re: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. LINUX!!! Message-ID: <n9044144.770068471@honeydew> Sender: news@henson.cc.wwu.edu (USENET-WWU) Organization: Western Washington University References: <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com> Date: 27 May 94 19:54:31 GMT Lines: 55 rogers@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Wade Rogers) writes: > I would like some advice on choosing an operating >system for an 386/486 standard PC-AT box. Any help >would be appreciated. >core requirements (have to have): I'm not certain about core areas 1+2... >3 - TCPIP and Socket support. check. >end of core requirements. >######################### >Would be nice if: >4 - preemptive multi-tasking. check. >5 - Real-time (not necessarily fast but able to > execute an instruction at a specific time) check. >6 - NFS support. check. >7 - ROM'able / Small. >8 - Good documentation / support. check. >9 - X windows (yea right). What do you want? Openlook? Motif? Twm? Fvwm? Check. 10- Price: Free- check. Price/Performance Ratio= pretty damn close to infinity. Just a humble Linux fan... -K -- -Khan M. Klatt---n9044144@henson.cc.wwu.edu---Western Washington University "Don't oppose forces, use them." -Buckminister Fuller