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Re: Can a GS run Linux?

Andy McFadden wrote:

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> 
> However, there really isn't any advantage to running Linux on a IIgs.
> You're certainly not going to run X11 on it. :-)
About the lack of real advantage I agree, but regarding the no X11 I do have
to wonder.
It would be quite possible for an individual to write an X server for the
IIgs. It would probably just be able to interface remote apps though.
Sorry to use this as an example but there are a couple of versions of X11
for the Amigas. I believe one can run on a fairly lowly unit like my poor
little A500 w/1mb of RAM. It even has ports of some of the X utilities with
it. IIRC they used some compatibility libraries to get away with it.
The Amigas also had the advantage of having a UNIXish kernel to begin with
and multitasking. So a port of X11 may be possible for GNO?


> GNO provides pretty 
> much everything you'd want out of a UNIX port.
>

No argument here. Someone could port one of the MMUless versions of Linux if
they felt so inclined but then would they or anyone else ever use it?

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