| From: | Gerald Mellor |
| Date: | 4 Aug 2000 at 00:53:51 |
| Subject: | Re: Linux? Tell me more. |
Hi Matthew, on 03-Aug-00, you wrote:
>> 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.
But it doesn't mean saying 'bye bye' to existing software. If you
install Linux on your system you can still run your Amiga software, it
just means rebooting into AmigaOS. I know you know this, Matthew, I'm
just letting John know :)
Regards
Gerry
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