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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!ra!enews.nrl.navy.mil!newcomb From: newcomb@enews.nrl.navy.mil (Dale Newcomb) Subject: A little info please.. Message-ID: <C4o6BE.8L4@ra.nrl.navy.mil> Sender: usenet@ra.nrl.navy.mil Organization: Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1993 21:28:26 GMT Lines: 24 (I don't read this group, so please no flames) I am a 486 user with 4M RAM who is sick of DOS, Windows, etc. (gee that's hard to do) I know absolutely nothing about what Unix-like OS's there are out there other than the names Linux and BSD (the names are all I know). Is there a free (or very close to it) OS based on UNIX that can also do X Windows and still run my DOS apps? I would like to take advantage of multi-tasking and hopefully something similar to ftp, but I won't be doing any local networking at all (well maybe a little if I get the opportunity..) What do you think I should use? BTW, if this is FAQ, please just point me in the right direction, I didn't see an FAQ so I just asked. Please E-mail all responses to: newcomb@enews.nrl.navy.mil Thanks, Dale Newcomb, Jr. Naval research Lab, DC