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Xref: sserve comp.unix.sys5.r4:8973 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7930 comp.unix.misc:15333 comp.unix.bsd:15772 comp.sys.powerpc:30819 comp.sys.intel:27358 comp.os.misc:3620 comp.os.linux.misc:32534 comp.os.linux.development:21864 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4595 comp.os.386bsd.development:2938 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!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: Thu, 29 Dec 94 17:05:47 PDT Organization: InterNex Information Services, Inc. Lines: 18 Message-ID: <NEWTNews.9733.788749599.muzaffer@omer1.smixedsignal.com> References: <3dvavp$1h9@nntp1.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: omer1.smixedsignal.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage In article <3dvavp$1h9@nntp1.u.washington.edu>, <sinan@u.washington.edu> writes: > >What else do [they] want? I suspect they want to be able to run, for > >example, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, the standard NT file > >manager, etc, from a dumb X terminal. > > For that you need Solaris and Wabi.But I am sure that Linux we'll > be able to do that soon. > > Sinan But Sinan that will still be win16 binaries emulated. It's difficult to do that for win32 binaries. Muzaffer