Author: Pete Galati
Date: 10:43:11 03/14/01
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On March 14, 2001 at 10:26:48, pete stein wrote: >On March 14, 2001 at 02:18:49, pete stein wrote: > >>Yesterday I chatted and played on the Kasparov chess server. >>My opponent claimed he was playing Crafty on Linux OS with about 300 Mhz, >>that he used to run Win98 in the past but changed to Linux which he downloaded >>for free, that Linux was fully customizable without superfluous bells and >>whistles, and Crafty defeated my Fritz with flying colors. >>I had a look at the Linux homepage and indeed, you can download some versions of >>Linux for free. But there are so many different versions of Linux available. >>Which version of Linux is ready to install and will support Fritz, WinBoard and >>java chess servers? >> >>Pete > > >I want to give Linux a try, but Slack-ware doesn't sound very promising. >I didn't see WineLinux at the page with downloadable freeware versions. >They have many other versions: Redhat, Yellowdog, Bestlinux, Antarctic, >Peanutlinux, Icelinux... It's difficult to make a choice. >The version of Linux should be readily downloadable, easy to install, take as >little space on disk as possible, be customizable so that I can get rid of the >bells and whistles to simplify it as much as possible, and support an Internet >browser with java, a text and image editor, and a Dos prompt. >BTW, chess is not the only thing I care of but the version of Linux should >support at least a couple of chess programs, like Fritz, Chessmaster, or Xboard. WINE isn't the Linux operating system, it's something you have to pay for that runs on Linux that is supposed to allow you to run some Windows programs. I would suggest that you subscribe to Linux Journal, or at least check at you local bookstore to see if they carry it. Pete
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