[Am-info] Re: O/S 2 support - slightly off topic (my apologies)

[John Poltorak]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 02:46:01PM -0500, Felmon Davis wrote:

> I'm kinda mostly doing Linux now but I'm considering a reinstall of 
> Warp or perhaps a new install of ECS, if only out of curiosity and an 
> interest in diversity. I must say, having spent now about a yr in 
> Linux almost exclusively, that OS/2 just spoils you for the 
> alternatives. I like Linux, alot, but I _loved_ OS/2.
> 
> For brevity I'm taking the liberty of deleting the rest of your post 
> but I agree with it with twinges of nostalgia. I'll pull out one of 
> my spares and get OS/2 (as ECS) up and running. It'll enhance my 
> networking pleasure to see how it combines with my Linux setup.
> 
> (I was kind of forced to the Linux side last yr as I was marooned 
> abroad and couldn't get OS/2 up and running on the equipment I had 
> bought so I took it as an opportunity to immerse myself in Linux.)

I can't help thinking that many former OS/2 users left to go down the 
Linux path in an effort to run anything but Microsoft and are now feeling 
slightly nostalagic and would like to use OS/2 again. From my POV, Linux 
is simply a host for a load of Open Source Software which in theory ought 
to run on OS/2 as we have most of the build tools available. With this in 
mind I thought I might mention the UnixOS/2 project which aims to put 
together the equivalent of a a Linux distro - eg Slackware but without any 
kernel elements, so that you have a good chance of doing everything on 
OS/2 which you can do on  Linux. Anyone who is interested in using a 
Unix-like environment on OS/2 is welcome to join the os2-unix mailing list 
which is the main discussion forum for UnixOS/2. You can do so by using 
this link:-

mailto:os2-unix-request@eyup.org?body=subscribe

 
> Felmon


-- 
John