-=> Also sprach Vaughan WickhamF{at} <=-

 VW> Anyone here used both Warp & Linux ?
 Yes.
 I use Linux ( the Red Hat distribution right now, although I have used the
 Slackware distribution in the past)
 I have used the previous warp ( have not tried 2 4.0 yet though ...)

 VW> I'm curious to know how Linux compares to Warp in terms of
 VW> multi-tasking performance,

 I don't want to start an os war but on the kind of platform you are talking
 about, Linux will be significantly faster.

 VW> is there a GUI shell for Linux (& is it any
 VW> good).

 X ( the X window system ) is neat.
 However, running X will slow Linux until it is almost as slow
 as OS/2 _3.0._ ( since I have not yet tried the latest warp, I cant
 really compare Linux to it )

 VW> I'm thinking about putting together a DX/2-66 with 16MB & 200-400MB of
 VW> hard disk to play around with Linux ... would this be an adequate
 VW> platform

 For Linux, yes.
 For Linux + X, marginal.... try adding another 16 megs of ram,
 a faster cpu ( eg pentium or faster ) and a S3 video card if you want to
 be happy with Linux + X


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