From: span AT PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (M.M. Span)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: NO Understanding?
Date: 10 Jan 1997 13:36:12 GMT
Organization: Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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Maybe the wrong newsgroup, but anyway:

Linux is a UNIX-clone for i386 based computers.
It is NOT like windows.
Check out some of the relevant newsgroups.. comp.os.linux etc.
It is hardly mentioned in magazines because it is freeware!
(it really beats most commerciAl products.. you should try it)

for the 'protected vs real' question (which is relevant here) I can only point
at the FAQ and the readme's coming with DJGPP.
(I presume you know what this is,
not trying to be arrogant, just curious)

good luck (you're on the right track!)

Liam (marl AT rmplc DOT co DOT uk) wrote:
> I don't wan't to sound stupid at all, but what is this UNIX and Linux. I
> understand it to be something like windows, but what exactualy? I`ve never
> heard it mentioned in any  magazines.
> What the differance between protected and real mode?
> Life was so much simpler on the Amiga.
> Cheers
> Liam