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From: jerijian@cloudburst.seas.ucla.edu (Arthur D. Jerijian)
Subject: Re: Minix 1.7 and TCP/IP and X
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D Michael Haas (dmhaas@iglou.com) wrote:
> steven@turing.StudentCtr.swt.edu (Steven L. Ormrod) wrote:


> >I have a 486 with 4M ram I am wanting to tinker with. Is it
> >possible to set up Minix 1.7 with TCP/IP networking via an 
> >ethernet card and/or to get a minimal X window system working?

> >Thanks,
> >Steven

> >--
> >Steven L. Ormrod
> >Computing Services - LBJ Student Center, SWTSU
> >http://mondrian.math.swt.edu/~phaedrus
> It's possible, but with a 486, id recommend linux or freebsd. they can
> run X, which minix cant. linux is taken largely from minix. i
> personally like linux much better.

	No Minix code actually exists in Linux, but Linus Torvalds did
use Minix to develop his OS.  He borrowred some ideas from the Minix
source code, but that's about it.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.

> Doug

--Arthur Jerijian        jerijian@aixugrad.seas.ucla.edu

