From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id IAA04429; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:23:11 -0700 Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id IAA25253 for linux-list; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:22:47 -0700 Received: from sgiger.munich.sgi.com (sgiger.munich.sgi.com [144.253.192.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id IAA25210 for ; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:22:43 -0700 Received: from knobi.munich.sgi.com by sgiger.munich.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/940406.SGI) id RAA17955; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:22:25 +0200 Received: from knobi (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by knobi.munich.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/951220.SGI.AUTOCF.knobi) via SMTP id RAA20084; Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:22:20 +0200 Message-ID: <33AAA02C.446B@munich.sgi.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 17:22:20 +0200 From: Martin Knoblauch Organization: Silicon Graphics GmbH, Am-Hochacker 3, D-85630 Grasbrunn X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01SC-SGI (X11; I; IRIX 6.3 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Alexander CC: "David S. Miller" , lm@neteng.engr.sgi.com, carlson@heaven.newport.sgi.com, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Getting X on Linux/SGI References: <199706200839.BAA09420@refugee.engr.sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Steve Alexander wrote: > > > Personally, I wouldn't buy an O2 to run Linux. > I personally would not buy an O2 to run IRIX either. If I buy one, then for running some "cool" apps that let me do my job (better), or have let me have some real fun. The OS finally involved is pretty much irrelevant (OK, this statement is not true for NT, or is it). Which just means that whatever OS gives me more "cool" apps will be more useful for me. OK. Enough marketing speak. Martin -- +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |Martin Knoblauch | Silicon Graphics GmbH | |Manager Technical Marketing | Am Hochacker 3 - Technopark | |Silicon Graphics Computer Systems| D-85630 Grasbrunn-Neukeferloh, FRG| |---------------------------------| Phone: (+int) 89 46108-179 or -0 | |http://reality.sgi.com/knobi | Fax: (+int) 89 46107-179 | +---------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ |e-mail: | VM: 6-333-8197 | M/S: IDE-3150 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+