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Date:Mon Jun 29 07:34:20 1999 
Subject:Re: Linux 6.x 
From:Aaron Sloman See text for reply address 
Volume-ID:990629.03 

"Pro2type 835" <badass_7@hotmail.com> writes:

> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:51:33 +0100
> Organization: GXSN
>
> I guessing that all the users of the NG are familiar with POP-11, and
> prehaps some of you have installed it, or are IT techs who have had
> experience with updating OS's and ensuring that POP works.
>
> As I have just ordered a copy of LINUX 6.x I am now wondering if POP-11 will
> work on this OS; and if not what OS do you suggest I order instead (5.2 [or
> is it 5.6?]?).

I have heard that the current version of linux poplog does not work
on Linux 6.x. I don't know why, and I don't know how long it will
take to fix that.

It definitely runs on Redhat 5.2. I don't know about other versions.

Sparc/Solaris poplog does not seem to have the same compatibility
problems: old versions seem to run on new releases of the operating
system. Sun seem to be more careful about backward compatibility
than the linux developers.

Aaron
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