Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:13:51 07/06/99
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On July 06, 1999 at 07:20:58, Hristo wrote: >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 > > > I am running redhat 6.0 distribution, and linux 2.2.10 (latest) kernel. Because of my parallel search stuff, I always remain current with the latest kernel. This version runs flawlessly (machine has been up since 2.2.10 was released which was at least 2 weeks ago). > >> >> >>> >>>> >>>>Pete >>> >>>Thank you Pete.
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