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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:9003 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7957 comp.unix.misc:15389 comp.unix.bsd:15804 comp.sys.powerpc:31057 comp.sys.intel:27877 comp.os.misc:3653 comp.os.linux.misc:32743 comp.os.linux.development:22011 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4652 comp.os.386bsd.development:2966 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!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcomsv!jack!palowoda From: palowoda@jack.sns.com (Bob Palowoda) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <D1rCs4.B3v@jack.sns.com> Followup-To: 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 Organization: Systems'n'Software X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] References: <3dvavp$1h9@nntp1.u.washington.edu> <NEWTNews.9733.788749599.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 03:09:39 GMT Lines: 28 muzaffer@smixedsignal.com wrote: : In article <3dvavp$1h9@nntp1.u.washington.edu>, <sinan@u.washington.edu> : writes: : > >What else do [they] want? I suspect they want to be able to run, for : > >example, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, the standard NT file : > >manager, etc, from a dumb X terminal. : > : > For that you need Solaris and Wabi.But I am sure that Linux we'll : > be able to do that soon. : > : > Sinan : But Sinan that will still be win16 binaries emulated. It's difficult to : do that for win32 binaries. : Muzaffer No I run Wabi 2.0 on Solaris x86 with MS win32 apps all the time. I just click on the mouse buttons. Not to hard. ---Bob -- +--------------------------------------------------------+ | palowoda@fiver.sns.com http://fiver.sns.com/~palowoda/ | | Solaris x86 Corner http://fiver.sns.com/ | +--------------------------------------------------------+