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- From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
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- References: <BxD9vM.MAJ@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <BxDLrL.FxE@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Nov12.004540.1075@global.hacktic.nl> <BxMoMz.4o5@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Nov14.134255.1092@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 19:56:53 GMT
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- peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
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- >pfcouvar@unix.amherst.edu (Peter F. Couvares) writes:
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- >>peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
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- >>>>>If you want a nice graphical interface
- >>>>>like Windows or Os/2, you have to ftp and make that too.
- >>>>Um, no ... you just install X from the SLS disks, I believe.
- >>>Yep. But then, how do I know to type in 'startx' on the command line?
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- >> The same way you know to type "win" to start MSWindows or to
- >>double-click to start a Mac application -- you read the short intro
- >>documentation. It's not the least bit difficult.
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- >I don't need to type anything to boot OS/2 in a graphics environment.
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- I don't have to type anything to start my NCD X terminal.
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- Typing one word (like 'win' or 'startx' or 'openwin') is not that difficult.
- You have to type something anyway...(like editing a note/letter/mail).
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- -- budi
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- Budi Rahardjo <Budi_Rahardjo@UManitoba.Ca>
- Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
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