> My primary question was actually "is the -dev package not on the CD?" I > didn't see it, frankly I didn't see a lot of -dev packages at all, and all the > apt-gets in the world don't do anything on a machine which can't reach the > Internet itself. > > The development tools are what sold me on Unix. I put Minix 2.0.0 on a 16MHz > 286 because I had a C class coming up the following autumn, and it just went > from there. It's a shame to see them disappear, like how the ROM BASICs of > 6502-based home computers turned to the disc-loaded GWBASIC of the IBM clone, > and finally the no-free-BASIC-whatsoever Windows system. You may like using NetBSD or OpenBSD. (I purposely exclude FreeBSD and DragonFly because they don't include X11 headers in native installs although they are definitely available.) Jeremy C. Reed echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8@I;C5?@H5B0D@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\ sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss