Author: Pete Galati
Date: 11:38:13 07/04/99
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On July 04, 1999 at 11:31:11, Zachariah Amela wrote: >I am considering installing a Unix variant on one of my PC's and had a few >questions for all. > >1.) What Unix system would you recommend for an x86 machine? Linux, Unixware, >SunOS, GNU, FreeBSD, etc.? Keep in mind cost and ease of use considerations. > >2.) What chess applications exist for the above mentioned systems and what ones >would you recommend? Are there strong Unix-based chess programs available? >What is this "Dark Thought" system I hear about? > >3.) Multi-processor systems! What can you tell me about this incredible >concept? How does it work? How might I take advantage of it? What OS's >support it? In this realm I am quite the beginner, so anything information >would be most gratefully accepted. > >Thank you! Many people here will know more about this than I do, but I think that if cost is a consideration then getting a distribution of Linux has to be the way to go, the distributions cost very little (30-40 $ ?) For an interface you probably want to get Tim Mann's Xboard that can be found at: http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/chess.html And this place has a few Linux/Xboard programs for download: http://www.cent.co.yu/chess/ And allways consider getting a download of Robert Hyatt's Crafty program at: ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/ I think maybe you'd have to compile Crafty yourself (can someone tell me?) for Linux, but if you get a Linux distribution it will come with all of the developement tools included, so your in like flint. Pete
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