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Hi,

> Pretty clean, doesn't interfere with IRIX apps and work
> pretty well for thousands of SGI customers.

That's all good and well, except the software that installs
these damn things appears to require 'ls' (since it's usually
a reasonable assumption that it'll be there). I tried to
install the necessary tardist but the program screamed and
died.

I would have expected the installer to be more independant,
in case IRIX newbies (like moi) fuck up so badly.

I still prefer Linux >:))


Rory Hunter

"SunOS or IRIX? It's a bit like a choice between
warm beer or dying of thirst, either way you lose."