[H-GEN] Re: [H-ANNOUNCE] National Installfest.

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Michael Anthon wrote:

> > Now then...to the tricky problem of *what* to install.  What I'd like
> to
> > see is an example of some of the major Free Unixes[1] at the front of
> > the room: A Linux box (one RH, one Debian); A FreeBSD box and a NetBSD
> > box would cover most of it, and if anyone has another Free Unix, then
> > power to them.  :)

THe setups will look pretty much the same to the end user really.
 
> This could also be taken a step further and have examples of the types
> of X environments available, which is really what you would need to show
> people to get them interested, including maybe a couple of Office style
> apps such as Applix.

Ditto really.  The end user can see whatever sort of X environment he
likes, and Applix will run under emulation (FreeBSd and NetBSD) afaik.
 
> I reckon a couple of good setups of FVWM (yes, it's awful, but it LOOKS
> like 95 and if the intent is to entice people to turn away from the

Fvwm95 looks like win95, but Fvwm (and Fvwm2) look like motif (they look
much cooler anyway).

Cheers,
	-Robert

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