[unios] Re: naming (was something too long to write)

[Pieter Dumon]

From: Pieter Dumon <Pieter.Dumon@rug.ac.be>

> 
> From: Pat Wendorf <beholder@ican.net>
> 
> > Ahm, the final name can wait off course... It takes about 5 years
> > to develop a working OS, and another 5 years to get it pretty powerful and
> > stable...
> 
> Yep, and by that time we will be working with radically different hardware, so
> the flexibility in the design is very important.  QNX right now rocks, but how
> will it be 10 years from now?  Taken over the world?  Forgotten?

Forgotten, I guess. A pity.

>  What about
> BeOS and Linux?

I hope Linux will die in its current form. (monolithic kernel)
BeOS is good for personal use.

> 
> > > I wouldn't be too sure, judging from my own reaction. I'm speaking about
> > > *Unix*, of course!! :-)
> >
> > Unix is great. I like text-mode sometimes, but I normally use X (with text
> > terminals opened off course).  Too many people associate Unix with
> > text-mode interface. It's just not true. X existed before MS Windows !
> > (allthough after Aplle)
> 
> I find xf86Config is quite brutal :)  I get it set up, then I need the space for
> burning CD's or something and I trash my linux system.. then I gotta do the
> config again.. Back to checking out Sync rates in the monitor manual :)  I think
> someone should write something to make configuring X, a little easier...maybe
> something similar to the slackware install, or netconfig.

Backups make the world !
 
> Once it's up, I love to watch those screen savers... they're the smoothest,
> fastest screen savers, I've ever seen.  Not to mention they are beautiful.

Screen savers... They are not needed anymore for today's screens, and they
just take up cpu time (lots!!).

> BTW:  I'm sure you all got the mail, but in case you didn't Corel Word Perfect 7
> (in multiple languages), for Linux is available for free download, from
> download.com...  In case anyone wants a nice word processor :)
> 
> Help support a Canadian company, use Corel! :) hehehe

Corel Office will be made free by the summer :-) (no source, only binary)

> BTW2: I don't know if anyone is interested in a free SRV5 unix system called
> SCO... (www.sco.com).  For those of you who have never heard of SCO, it's a
> really stable, very kick ass Unix, however it is quite pricey... But they give
> away free versions for personal use.  They do charge $20 american for the media
> cost (comes with CD's and books and box).  Nice to experiment with... some say
> it's as stable on x86 as solaris is on Sparc (just a rumor, please no flames
> here :)

SCO Unixware is the "standard" Unix ! Of course I know it! And, Pat,
it's SVR5, not SRV5. SVR5 means System V, release 5. Unixware 7 is the
newest version SVR5, the previous versions were SVR4, the standard Unix up
to now. Unfortunately, Unixware is pushed from the market by Linux...


Pieter


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