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- Lines: 26
- Date:
Mon May 6 07:28:51 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.98/linux/README
- Orig date:
Wed Apr 24 17:00:33 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.98/linux/README linux/README
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
WHAT IS LINUX?
- Linux is a Unix clone for 386/486-based PCs written from scratch by
- Linus Torvalds with assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers
- across the Net. It aims towards POSIX compliance.
+ Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with
+ assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net.
+ It aims towards POSIX compliance.
It has all the features you would expect in a modern fully-fledged
Unix, including true multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries,
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
accompanying COPYING file for more details.
+
+ON WHAT HARDWARE DOES IT RUN?
+
+ Linux was first developed for 386/486-based PCs. These days it also
+ runs on DEC Alphas, SUN Sparcs, M68000 machines (like Atari and Amiga),
+ MIPS and PowerPC.
DOCUMENTATION:
FUNET's LINUX-ADM group, linux-adm@nic.funet.fi
TCL-scripts by Sam Shen, slshen@lbl.gov
with Sam's (original) version of this