On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, i9974319 wrote: > Much simpler (and smarter) to get linux. If you have the time to learn > it it is a MUCH better operation system. Windows95 is near the bottom of > the list for good memory management...disk management, and multitasking. Well, not everyone is willing to devote 150+ megabytes of limited hard drive space to something which will really be used only for running a MUD. But all other merits aside, Linux will teach you the standard (read: correct) way of using sockets in a TCP/IP environment. Yes, Winsock works. But it usually does things in an irritatingly different way from how UNIX does it. And you're more likely to need to know how to program TCP/IP in UNIX than in Win95. Now, if you were talking IPX, it would be different, but we aren't, so... > Linux can be ordered from ftp.cdrom.com... there is info there when you > log in...I bought mine from infomagic. A 6 cd set containing practically > everything that I will ever need for linux(including the circle mud > source) and it was under $25. if you want to just download everything > from cdrom.com then it free, but if you are on a modem connection I would > NOT suggest it. :) Well, if you don't plan on using your modem for a day or so, and you don't pay by the hour for your ISP, then go for it. But otherwise, just order it. The advantage to getting it on CD is that you don't have to devote even MORE hard drive space to Linux. Anyway, you only really need A, AP, D, K, and N, I think (if K contains the kernel source). If you leave X, XDEV, and XAP out, you get a whole bunch more free space. > If you need to know anything else about the best > operating system out there, just ask. :) But not on this mailing list. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Barid Bel Medar icarus@berkshire.net Knights of the Cosmos Shayol Ghul Resort and Health Spa ------------------------------------------------------------------ "I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top." - English Professor, Ohio University ------------------------------------------------------------------
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