[Za-pm] Intro's
Nico Coetzee
nico at itfirms.co.za
Fri May 16 15:19:47 CDT 2003
I had the pleasure of running the GIMP on KDE on the os/390 IBM Mainframe -
not a hell of a lot of operating systems that can do the same :)
BTW: Perl now runs natively on z/OS - that is the z800 and z900/z990
mainframes. I will start to play with z/OS on s390 sometime in June. IBM has
ported several Unix utitlities to z/OS, so I guess it's only a matter of time
before we start to see more Unix types operating in z-land as well.
The list of ported apps include - among others:
* Bash
* Apache
* PHP
* Perl
* Python
* OpenSSL
* OpenSSH ( some issues with sftp remain )
Although MySQL and PostgreSQL does not run natively, DB2 does, and there are
Perl modules for that.
Damn Cool !
I have the following on my whichlist:
1) IBM must put a AGP slot on their mainframes
2) Given 1) above - I want one to play C&C Generals on it !
I recon that must be the ultimate rush... Then again, it's only a dream :(
Cheers
On Friday 16 May 2003 20:44, Steve Cox -dig wrote:
> On Friday, 16 May 2003 10:43, r a wrote:
> > Hi
> > As for linux I used to dual-boot Win98 and Suse
> > 6.something. I'm currently only running XP on my home
> > machine but as soon as I get a new HDD I will install
> > Mandrake 9.1.
> >
> > Rory Austin
>
> I thought Mandrake was the only Linux disro ?
>
> teehee, just kidding, but a refreshing smile from all the SCO stuff.
>
> Linux is the best diribution I maintain at the end of the day.
>
> Regards
> Steve Cox
>
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