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LINUX newbie /RE: Java on strongArm or in linux?

-----Original Message-----
From: Omar Jenkins [mailto:]
Sent: June 2, 1998 1:01 PM
To: Bill Nordstrom
Cc: 
Subject: Re: Java on strongArm or in linux?
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Bill Nordstrom wrote:
> ... Also, for my edification
> could someone tell me why linux appears to be the OS of choice for
> wearable projects?...
> What are the big advantages of unix?
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Here is a side by side comparison of Linux versus Win95 and MacOS
		Linux		Win95		MacOS
Price		free		$89		???
Stable		excelent	flaky		good
configurability	excelent	fair		good
powermanagement	good		good		excellent
tech support	excellent	bad		good
system size	20+ megs	100+ megs	???
For me the most imporsant things however are power managment, stability,
and configurability.
<snip>

I've been flirting for a while with the idea of learning and using the LINUX
OS. Especially as my field of interest re virtual reality converges with
wearables and LINUX seems to be the OS of choice there. If I remember right,
when I first got on BBS's and then the net, before it was a graphical web,
the original interface I was using was LINUX - correct? As with Bill, most
of the engineers I know are LINUX users (or IRIX for SGI's).

In the comparison above it says LINUX is Free. Where should I go to download
a Free copy of a full LINUX OS? Which one do you suggest is best of the free
choices? And does anyone know if I can have LINUX running on my P-150 with
my current config of DOS 6, WIN95, and WIN3.1 OS's also installed on my
personal system? I'm using a multiboot choice menu. I generally need all
OS's since the VR apps, files and worlds I use vary so much in requirements
and range over so many years. I also work with SGI's from time to time
mostly for VRML and running high-end VR environments. I'm not a coder, know
a smidge of BASIC some scripting in VRML and HTML, a little JAVA.

Paul K.

Paul Kelman | NEWBREED
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