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COMMERCIAL: Linuxware: Competitive upgrade! Only $10
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Fri Mar 31 19:00:39 1995
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 12:02:17 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
X-Mn-Key: announce
From: roman@btr.btr.com (Roman Yanovsky roman@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Subject: COMMERCIAL: Linuxware: Competitive upgrade! Only $10
Organization: BTR Communications Company
Keywords: commercial, Trans-Ameritech, Linuxware, CD-ROM, upgrade
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
Followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc
!!!! Attention, users of the Linux operating system !!!!
Trans-Ameritech is announcing COMPETITIVE upgrade!
The company that pioneered the Slackware distribution on a CD-ROM, the "live"
file-system and DOS-assisted installation procedures is proud to announce
LinuxWare(tm) - the easiest Linux to install ever, even for a first time user.
We offer the best of Linux - LinuxWare(tm) installation package that lets
the user install only the needed programs to a hard disk and a convenient
way to delete a package if need be, and also the unpacked "live" filesystems,
so that a user can run less often needed space hungry applications directly
from the CDROM.
To make it easier for you to compare our product to others, for a limited time
we offer a COMPETITIVE UPGRADE for the unbeatable price!
!!! HERE IS THE DEAL !!!
Send us ANY OLD CDROM Software Title in ANY condition, and we'll mail
the great Trans-Ameritech Linux Plus CDROM for ONLY $10.
LinuxWare(tm) - A powerful 100% UNIX(R) compatible Operating System
for your desktop PC!
Here is the brief information about the product:
Join the world of power PC users by unleashing the full power of your computer!
Enjoy the true multi-tasking and multi-user operating system with hundreds of
applications, yet very easy to install, for a price of DOS!
The broad acceptance of Linux started with the SLS distribution that provided
a relatively simple way of installing Linux on a PC. The Slackware
distribution was a logical continuation and improvement on the original SLS.
Now Trans-Ameritech Systems, the company that was the first to put Slackware
on a CD-ROM, pioneered the live filesystem and a UMSDOS-based Test Drive, made
the next step in convenience of Linux installation - LinuxWare!
Even if you never had a chance to deal with Linux or UNIX before but know how
to run Microsoft Windows, you can use LinuxWare. The only requirement is that
you have an UNCOMPRESSED drive C: with at least 25 MB of available space on
your 386 or better PC.
No boot floppies are required. You can install from ANY CD-ROM that DOS can
read!
Here is how it works: start a Microsoft Windows based "setup" program from the
CD-ROM and go through several simple dialogs to select the software you want
to install and answer a few questions about your hardware. LinuxWare will do
the rest. After the Windows part of the setup is done, a new program group is
created for you with 4 items:
1. setup itself to change options later
2. xf86conf rewritten for Windows interface to fine-tune X-Windows
3. DVI viewer to read all the Linux Documentation Project files on-line
4. A Windows-based browser for the Linux Software Map
To run Linux, just exit Windows, cd to \linux and type "linux". LinuxWare will
do the rest 100% automatically!
When it is done, you can log in as "x" and get a PRECONFIGURED X-Windows
desktop with editors, spreadsheet, file manager etc. or log in as "root" and
do your own system administration.
If you prefer to use the slackware tools afterwards or from the very beginning,
the full compatibility is preserved.
Needles to say, LinuxWare 1.0 comes with a full uncompressed live filesystem
and many neat things in the "extras" directory.
The full updated Linux Documentation Project distribution is available, as
well as all the HOWTO files. Almost all documents are available in source, DVI
and ps formats ready for viewing or printing.
The main features:
- multiple terminals and full X-Windows environment
- all network services available - workstation and SERVER CD-ROM
on-line to save disk space
- complete on-line documentation
- automatic detection of most hardware
- easy and flexible installation with GUI
APPLICATIONS:
- Communications
- Internet access, news, E-mail
- Word processing, professional quality typesetting
- Database
- Spreadsheets
- Graphics tools
- Fax send and receive
- C/C++ compiler and debugger
- Productivity tools - calendar, schedule etc.
NEW in this Release
- Linux kernel version 1.1.91
- new XFree(tm) 3.1.1
- Support for PCMCIA hardware
- new DOOM 1.8 for Linux, now you can run it without X-Windows
- ROCAT 0.86 and DREALM 0.7 popular BBS's for Linux
- SVGAFFT spectrum analyzer for Linux
- PPIC 0.3 image processing software
- SCEND 0.5 simple Linux configuration editor
- XGROK 1.1 a desktop database manager and GUI builder
System requirements:
- 386 or better CPU
- ISA, VESA or EISA bus (not MicroChannel)
- 4 MB of RAM, at least 8 MB recommended
- 25 MB minimum of UNCOMPRESSED hard disk space
- ANY CD-ROM drive that DOS understands for installation
Supported under Linux:
- IDE, SCSI, MFM, RLL and ESDI hard drives
- all SCSI CD-ROM drives with supported controllers
- Sony, Panasonic, Mitsumi and ATAPI non-SCSI CD-ROM drives
- most tape drives
- most 8 and 16 bit SOUND CARDS
- data and FAX modems
- most internal and external ETHERNET cards
- from MONO to TRUE COLOR video cards
* If you have questions or problems Trans-Ameritech provides free support
for INSTALLATION questions via e-mail ONLY, usually within 24 hours
from receipt of your questions.
New releases will be available every 3 month. Subscription is available.
Our address:
Trans-Ameritech Systems, Inc.
2342A Walsh Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95051
USA
Phone (408)727-3883
FAX (408)727-3882.
E-mail: info@trans-am.com
We accept VISA/MC/AmEX, personal check, compnay check, POs and
ship COD.
If you order with a credit card (VISA, MC, AmEx) please indicate
the card number, expiration date and your mailing address.
The order will be processed and the CD shipped the same day.
Shipping and handling in US is $5, Canada/Mexico $6, Overseas $8.
COD is available in the US only for $4.50
Note: UNIX is registered trademark of Unix System Labs. All product names
referenced herein are trademarks of their respective companies.
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