Author: Hristo
Date: 04:20:58 07/06/99
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On July 05, 1999 at 21:59:52, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 04, 1999 at 19:40:00, Zachariah Amela wrote: > >>On July 04, 1999 at 14:38:13, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>> >>>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 $ ?) >> >>Interesting. Does Linux support most UNIX conventions? >> > >Linux is POSIX compliant, so yes. It is also System-V compliant, which >makes it compatible with everyone's unix that I work with.. > > > >>> >>>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 >> >>I've heard of this; must be quite good. >> >>> >>>And this place has a few Linux/Xboard programs for download: >>>http://www.cent.co.yu/chess/ >> >>Thank you. >> >>> >>>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. >> >>Oh! Crafty has entered the Linux world too. Splendid. > > >totally _wrong_. Crafty _started_ in the linux world, and later moved to >the windows world due to popular demand. _all_ of my development work is >done on Linux _only_... > what version of linux(kernel & distribution) are you using? I recently(3-4 months ago) moved to linux on one of my computers at home... and it has been interesting. what tools do you use for editing and debuging? I use the kde desktop, their editor and debuger. The linux box "seems" to perform slower than the NT boxes I've got, but not always, sometimes it is very nice and crisp. sorry for the off-topic question! hristo > > >> >>> >>>Pete >> >>Thank you Pete.
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