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From: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP)
Subject: Re: Linux on a CD-ROM, joined effort w/386bsd?
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
Organization: You must be kidding!
References: <1992Oct27.013157.2650@cheshire.oxy.edu> <1992Oct28.002558.1890@bitcave.in-berlin.de> <BwuDzv.B04@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 19:11:48 GMT
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In article <BwuDzv.B04@ra.nrl.navy.mil> of comp.os.linux,
  eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
> 
> 	Walnut Creek CDROM has expressed an interest in doing just that.  I do
> not know where they are with it right now, however.
> 

I think the consensus was to wait for 1.0 before the CD-ROM is made.  It
would contain Linux, 386BSD and X11R5 in source and binary form.

	/hpa
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