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- From: vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan)
- Subject: Re: Update on Helldiver
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.220518.20695@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Sender: sso@nwnexus.WA.COM (System Security Officer)
- Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
- References: <11519@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> <1992Dec25.164213.17002@nwnexus.WA.COM> <0YpPrA7LBh107h@carlos> <1992Dec28.210944.17025@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:05:18 GMT
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- ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims) writes:
- >BUT!!!! Now I have (drum roll, please)... LINUX, a
- >freely-distributable Unix clone. Runs cnews, smail, x-windows, etc.,
- >*AND* Waffle. Eight virtual consoles, etc.
-
- it's only because I shamed him into it by getting there first for a change :-)
-
- and now, instead of him having me hooked on Waffle (he's guilty...), I got
- him hooked on Waffle in the background and him running X-windows...
- hahahahahahahahahaha!!
-
- seriously...if you folks want to run true multitasking and Waffle as a BBS
- for something very cheap, you owe it to yourself to take a look at Linux
- if you've been thinking about spending the big bucks for an expensive vendor
- supplied *nix...
-
- (followups via either mail or to comp.os.linux please...)
-
-
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