Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Safety/Reliability

JanRwl@... wrote:

> In a message dated 03-Nov-00 22:50:27 Central Standard Time,
> Smoke@... writes:
>
> << LINUX is a vastly more reliable platform than Windows (of ANY version). >>
>
> Hmmm... Who makes LINUX?

nobody. It is "open source", freely available for download over the net.
You can buy CDs to save all that download time, however.

> I take it that is a color GUI op sys along the
> same lines as Windows?

No, it is much more like a basic Unix command line system, in its native mode.
There are several GUI systems for it. It is actually quite a bit more sophisticated
than Windows, as it descended from MIT project Athena and other workstation
based projects.

> Does it run "over MSDOS", or does it have to have its
> "own" DOS?

It definitely is its own system, and does not have any DOS hidden inside, anywhere.
There are DOS emulators (which work well) and several Windows emulators,
which also work quite well, despite no support from Microsoft.

> Can one use, say, GWBASIC "in" or "under" LINUX???

I guess if you really want to use that antique, it should run in the DOS emulator.

Jon