From: andreas@knobel.knirsch.de (Andreas Klemm) Subject: Re: New Great Linux Plus CDROM Date: 30 Sep 1993 19:18:48 -0000
roman@public.btr.com (Roman Yanovsky roman@btr.com) writes:
> NOT JUST ANOTHER LINUX + 386BSD CD-ROM.
>Trans-Ameritech presents LINUX SLS/Slackware AND 386BSD and MULTYMEDIA CD-ROM.
>A new Linux CD-ROM is available! But not just Linux. Also 386BSD and more.
>Here is a brief summary of why we think this CD-ROM is the best.
>As the price of only $30 puts it in the same price category as the JANA
>product, I'll base my comparison on it.
>We provide 2 versions of SLS distribution - a very stable 1.02 and the new 1.03
>and also the SLACKWARE distribution! Linux installs directly from the CD-ROM
>on almost any hardware configuration.
One question: which slackware release ?
[ lot's of usefull contents ... ]
>7. For your convenience a full recent distribution of 386BSD *NIX is provided
>on the same CD-ROM.
Do you mean the original 386BSD 0.1 release ?
In it's original distribution with the 256k files etc01, etc02....
bin01, bin02, bin03 ... ? Or an already unpacked version which
would be more interesting for direct file access ?
>8. Some space is dedicated to what takes too much room on hard disks -
>sounds and pictures. They are usable with the Linux sound/gif tools and under
>MS-DOS too!
>9. A few choice MS-DOS applications are included in the assumption that the
>majority of Linux users run DOS occasionaly. Or use it from dos-emu!
>Most of the MS-DOS stuff comes from the SIMTEL20 archive. Naturally only part
>of it made it to the first CDROM. However the new releases will include other
>files from SIMTEL20, GARBO etc. So if you subsribe to the Trans-Ameritech
>Linux+ CDROM, you will not only get updated Linux, but over a year you will get
>the full SIMTEL20 collection as an extra bonus.
>10. Trans-Ameritech is a well established company with efficient organization
>to guarantee on-time printing and shipping of this product. There will be a
>significant discount if you subscribe for future releases.
>But the best part is that YOU will decide what to put on the next edition!
>We'll count votes and provide most popular software on the next one.
It would be a good idea to include all Linux sources so that everybody
is free to compile the stuff new with up to date compiler and libraries.
I think all gnu sources and Linux diffs would be a good start ...
-- Andreas Klemm /\/\____ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH andreas@knobel.knirsch.de ___/\/\/ andreas@sunny.wup.de (Unix Support)