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From: Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: What's all the hype about OpenDOS
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:03:17 -0800
Organization: Communications Accesibles Montreal
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DR. Andras Solyom wrote:
> Second: If you have installed your OS, you can manage it even with
> control panels, at leas in Windows and in Linux. (In Linux you can use
> the RedHat distribution which has a Win95 like X window manager with
> taskbar, start menu, control panel and the like, etc.) And the design [......snap......]
I'm interested in this but really don't get it :)
What is the difference between Slackware and RedHat?
Doesn't Slackware include X too?
And where can I get RedHat? I've only seen Slack around.. 
> The reason, IMHO, that we do not want to switch to Linux from DOS is
> that we want our computer to be compatible with the majority of the
> software (e.g. games )out there.
But you have the dos emulator and LILO so you can easily work around
that. 
-- 
tudor 'at' cam 'dot' org
'This is Scott Nudds of the Borg. C is irrelevant.'

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