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From: roman@btr.btr.com (Albert Golukhov roman@btr.com)
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Subject: Linuxware 2.5 Suite! Complete Linux and BSD distribution!
Date: 25 Feb 1996 20:37:13 GMT
Organization: BTR Communications Company
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Trans-Ameritech Systems announcing:
Linuxware Suite!
Software Package:
Start with Linuxware 2.5 - the easiest to install Linux OS.
Than add:
Supplement #3 - All popular Linux Applications
Supplement #4 - All Linux and BSD distributions. 6 different
version of UNIX at your fingertips.
Here is more detailed information about the CDs:
LinuxWare 2.5 - the easiest Linux to install ever, even for a first time user.
A powerful 100% UNIX(R) compatible Operating System for your desktop PC!
Linuxware 2.5
---This is a flexible, extremely easy-to-install Unix compatible
operating system
---Installation is MS Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 Compatible !!!
---Hassle-free installation from DOS or Windows
Trans-Ameritech's LinuxWare 1.0 , released earlier in 1995, set a
new standard for an operating system as complex as Linux being simple
to install even for a first-time Linux user. We got a lot of feedback
from our customers and concluded that our approach was correct--the
majority of first-time Linux users had few or no problems installing
and running Linux. However, the first release had several limitations
and bugs.This release addresses the problems found in the previous one.
For those not familiar with LinuxWare, here are the major features:
---LinuxWare installation runs under MS-Windows and Windows 95, so
there is little to learn before the setup. Anyone can install the
base configuration in about 20 minutes.
---Linux can be installed from ANY CD-ROM drive that DOS supports.
Even if there is no Linux driver for some of your more exotic
hardware, the installation will still work.
---You won't be required to re-partition your hard drive when you
install LinuxWare-- you simply need some space on your UNCOMPRESSED
DOS drive. LinuxWare 2.5 can be installed on any drive rather than
only drive C.
Even the minimum Linux configuration installed automatically is a fully
functional operating system with many applications. At the installation time
or later, you may choose any of a number of optional packages with a variety
of different applications. There is no need to watch the installation run and
answer questions every few minutes, you select what you want up front, and
the set up runs unattended.
One of the most popular options is X-Windows. To help with the X
configuration, we provide a point-and-click utility that will create a
reasonable XF86Config file for you in most cases. LinuxWare 2.5 has the same
set of software as the most popular Slackware distribution, and in fact the
full Slackware 2.3 tree is present on the CD-ROM.
You can choose to install either of them, the installed software will be the
same. LinuxWare is more simple to install, but the full flexibility of
Slackware is there for those who want it.
Extensive documentation is included, most importantly the HOW-TO series
of help files. These files will answer most of your questions. For your
convenience, these documents are available both in the dvi format for
on-screen viewing (with the tool included under Windows or with Linux's
"xdvi") and in PostScript format, ready to print.
As always, a full uncompressed "live" file system is provided on the
CD-ROM , there is no need to install many of the applications, you can
run them directly from the CD-ROM and save disk space.
The many pre-compiled kernels are based on the stable 1.2.x Linux kernels
and have drivers for most devices. If you have special needs or like to
experiment, the "cutting edge" 1.3.x kernel sources are also provided.
As an alternate distribution, we also put the new ELF beta version of
Slackware on the disk. The applications that come on this CD-ROM are far
too many to enumerate-most mainstream Linux applications are there:
compilers, editors, word processors, communications software-you name it.
If you are considering trying the operating system everyone is talking about,
this is your best bet!
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Further Information about LinuxWare 2.5:
System Requirements:
---386 or better CPU
---8 MB of RAM
---25MB free Uncompressed disk space
---Any Cd-Rom Drive that DOS supports
---ISA, VESA or EISA bus (not MicroChannel)
Applications:
---Internet access, news, E-mail
---C/C++ complier and debugger
---Word processing, professional-quality typesetting
---Communications
---Database and Spreadsheets
---Graphics Tools
---Productivity tools (Calendar, scheduler, etc.)
Linux Supports:
---SCSI, IDE, MFM, RLL, ESDI Hard drives
---SCSI CD-ROM drives, Sony, Panasonic, Mitsumi and Atapi non-SCSI
CD-ROMs.
---Most tape drives, 8-16 bit sound cards, fax modems
---Most internal or external ethernet cards
Supplement #3
This Supplement comes with a full uncompressed live filesystem and many neat
things in the "extras" directory:
basic - source and executable for a basic interpreter
circuits - programs for electrical engineering
chipmunk-log.tar.gz schematic entry and digital or analog simlulation
irsim-9.2.linux.1.tar.gz logic-level simulator for MOS circuits
magic- VLSI layout editors
ocean vlsi design development system.
pcb-1.3.tar.gz interactive printed circuit board design
scope-0.1.tar.gz /dev/dsp based oscilliscope
spice3f4.tar.gz source for spice 3f4
ham - programs for ham radio enthusiasts
je - Japanese extensions for Linux.
term - low cost replacement for SLIP
tinix - a very small but functional subset of X-Windows.
The main features:
- multiple terminals and full X-Windows environment
- all network services available - workstation and SERVER CD-ROM
on-line to save disk space
- automatic detection of most hardware
- new CD-ROM dependant option to save disk space
NEW in this Release
- Kernel 1.2x with modules
- new XFree(tm) 3.1.1
- new DOOM for Linux, now you can run it without X-Windows
- SVGAFFT spectrum analyzer for Linux
Supplement #4
comprehensive developer's reference set of alternative distributions.
You can also install FreeBSD or NetBSD on your PC and deside for yourself the
question of the decade "Linux vs. 386BSD".
This Supplement continues the Trans-Ameritech tradition of providing serious
developers with alternative distributions and 386BSD derivatives for reference.
This CD-ROM has virtualy ALL the major Linux distributions:
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- DEBIAN - the snapshot from April 26
- BOGUS - the "alternative" distribution unlike all others
- SLS - may not be the one you will run, but you can learn a lot from the
code.
- Slackware needs no explaination. Update your system to latest 2.2.0.1
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The main features:
- multiple terminals and full X-Windows environment
- all network services available - workstation and SERVER CD-ROM
on-line to save disk space
- automatic detection of most hardware
- new CD-ROM dependant option to save disk space
Pricing:
The price for our current LinuxWare(tm) Reference CD set is $35
Below is the ordering information.
You can order by E-mail, by phone (408)727-3883 or FAX (408)727-3882.
(E-mail: order@trans-am.com)
If you prefer to send a cheque/money order, our address is:
Trans-Ameritech Systems, Inc.
2342A Walsh Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA
If you order with a credit card (VISA, M/C, Discover, American Express)
please indicate the card number, expiration date and your mailing address.
The order will be processed and the CD shipped the same day.
Shipping and handling in US is $5, Canada/Mexico $10, Overseas $15.
COD is available in the US only for $4.50
California residents please add sales tax.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at
Trans-Ameritech Systems, Inc.
2342A Walsh Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA
Phone (408)727-3883
FAX (408)727-3882.
E-mail: order@trans-am.com, info@trans-am.com, support@trans-am.com