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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:8887 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7846 comp.unix.misc:15195 comp.unix.bsd:15684 comp.sys.powerpc:30281 comp.sys.intel:26152 comp.os.misc:3552 comp.os.linux.misc:32165 comp.os.linux.development:21611 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4507 comp.os.386bsd.development:2872 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!internex.net!usenet From: muzaffer@smixedsignal.com 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 Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 20:43:41 PDT Organization: InterNex Information Services, Inc. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.29112.787985328.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> References: <3d7vel$442@galaxy.ucr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.2.10.75 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article <3d7vel$442@galaxy.ucr.edu>, <jjs@dostoevsky.ucr.edu> writes: > You, sir, are misinformed. NT is not "a better UNIX than UNIX", it's not > even close... > You can't comprehend what you read let alone comment on something. Where did I say NT is a better U**x than U**X ? > I have daily access to NT machines, and I am all too familiar with their > shortcomings... > I guess you just pass in front of those machines every day once. > but NT lacks the basic OS infrastructure needed to be able to support a > full-on implementation of X. Please tell what this "basic OS infrastructure" is. UNIX has nothing unique which supports X and X doesn't need anything which requires UNIX. > The day I can telnet in to an NT machine, set the display to my desktop, > run excel on the NT machine and have it display on my desktop, THEN you > can say that NT runs X! just because you can display the "X" logo on your > NT desktop doesn't mean you are running X! The fact that you can't do it doesn't mean it's not possible. Obviously you couldn't find/put all the pieces to make what you want work. I didn't say NT could do it out of the box or that it would be easy but it is possible. Muzaffer