| From: | Matthew Garrett |
| Date: | 3 Aug 2000 at 23:34:22 |
| Subject: | Re: Linux? Tell me more. |
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 09:37:58PM +0000, John Marchant wrote:
> Well....I know it's an operating system, and it's been through
> various versions and can be run on an Amiga, and I gather it's
> important in some way to future Amiga-type development. But how do
> I find out - without initially installing it - what it looks like,
> what it can do on an Amiga, etc etc. Has there been a magazine
> article in the past 2 or 3 years with this kind of information in it?
Take a look at Linux Format, which should be newsagents. It's mainly aimed
at PC users, but much of it is relevant.
> I have lots more questions but I want to keep your attention, so
> here are just 3. Can it multi-task? Does it use windows? Does
> using Linux mean bye-bye to existing software on my Amiga?
It multi-tasks, it has a graphical user interface (but it's probably not
worth bothering unless you have a reasonably fast 680x0 or a PPC and a
graphics card) and it doesn't run Amiga software.
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