[plug] OT SCO anyone familier with it ?

Marc Wiriadisastra marc-w at smlintl.com.au
Thu Jul 29 11:40:42 WST 2004


I believe if you want a list of all open source or gnu software the gnu 
main page has a link to a list.

http://www.gnu.org


Your probably knew that though so if you didn't there it is.

HTH
Marc


Craig Ringer wrote:

> Michael Holland wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Scott Middleton wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Thats actually quite funny. I was just talking (literally) to Leon
>>> Brooks about doing that for a client of mine. Except we want to back up
>>> the data from a SCO box to a Linux Box.
>>
>>
>>
>> Did Leon suggest installing the Gnu tools on SCO?  Gnu tar (unlike SCO)
>> should preserve attributes. And you can have the same version on both
>> sides.
>
>
> You can get OpenSSH, GNU tar, bash, screen, vim, and all the other 
> things that help keep an admin used to a modern system sane from 
> skunkware.
>
> ftp://ftp2.sco.com/pub/skunkware
>
> They're packaged to be easy to install using `custom` (the OpenServer 
> 5.x ones, anyway) and install in /usr/local so they won't tread on 
> anything else.
>
>>> On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 07:39, Chris Cornish wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone know much about sco unix and how to use it. I have a friend the
>>>
>>
>> What version?
>
>
> Most people who ask about it seem to be running OpenServer 5.0.[3456] 
> but it's definitely worth asking.
>
> -- 
> Craig Ringer
>
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