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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:8999 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7953 comp.unix.misc:15382 comp.unix.bsd:15799 comp.sys.powerpc:31046 comp.sys.intel:27855 comp.os.misc:3649 comp.os.linux.misc:32715 comp.os.linux.development:22002 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4640 comp.os.386bsd.development:2961 Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!bonkers.taronga.com!peter From: peter@bonkers.taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Followup-To: alt.religion.computers Organization: Taronga Park BBS Message-ID: <D1qzuv.Aus@bonkers.taronga.com> References: <3d7vel$442@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3e2su7$9n4@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <D1oDrt.Ir1@sedlbbs.sedl.com> <3e6ndb$6b2@dagny.galt.com> Date: Sun, 1 Jan 1995 22:30:31 GMT Lines: 13 In article <3e6ndb$6b2@dagny.galt.com>, Alex Wetmore <alex@nine.org> wrote: >: SVGALib is not X, nor does it make any claims to be so. It is not based >: on any specification, other than the author's. Bad comparison. >I think the point was that with the appropriate software NT can do this >as well. The point is that the *standard* UNIX GUI can run over the network. The *standard* Windows one can't. The number of UNIX SVGAlib applications is minimal, and they're not conidered portable apps. The number of NT Windows applications is considerable. The place to direct followups is alt.religion.computers.