Re: LINUX is obsolete
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Re: LINUX is obsolete
In article <12696@star.cs.vu.nl> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
>Another option that seems to be totally forgotten here is buy UNIX or a
>clone. If you just want to USE the system, instead of hacking on its
>internals, you don't need source code. Coherent is only $99, and there
>are various true UNIX systems with more features for more money. For the
>true hacker, not having source code is fatal, but for people who just
>want a UNIX system, there are many alternatives (albeit not free).
What Unix's _are_ available for a simple, M68000-based ST, with _or_
without source? These are the only options I know of:
1) OS 9.
2) The Beckmeyer MT C-Shell.
3) MiNT.
4) Minix.
I have used all of these except for OS 9, and Minix is clearly the
closest thing to Unix that I can run (though it is easier to port BSD
programs to MiNT using the MiNT gcc library). I could shell out CAN
$3000 for a TT, but then I may as well buy a 386 box anyway. Besides,
I _like_ having the source. The extra advantage of Minix is that the
user base is a lot wider than the ST market, so I can get decent
system enhancements from Amiga, Mac, Sparc, XT, AT, '386 and '486
users as well as from fellow ST owners.
David
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David Megginson meggin@epas.utoronto.ca
Centre for Medieval Studies david@doe.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto 39 Queen's Park Cr. E.
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