Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 3 Apr 2003.
Hamsterix
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 3 Apr 2003 - 3 Apr 2003
No it's not an ascii screenshot, this is a design diddle for my new Linux distribution Hamsterix due out in 2067. +---------------------------------------------------+ | Installing App Foo | | Version 5.00 | | Source http://blah.blah.blah/~foo/foo-5.00.tar.gz | | +-------------------------------+ | | Download |============100%===============| | | +-------------------------------+ | | Configure Options | | | |+----------+-+ +------------+-+ | ||march-i386|V| | prefix /opt|V| | |+----------+-+ +------------+-+ | +---------------------------------------------------+ | | | Configure... Success | | Build... Not Started | | Install... Not Started | +---------------------------------------------------+ |checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | |checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | |checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | |checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/g| | | | | | | +---------+-----+-------+---------------------------+ |Configure|Build|Install| | +---------+-----+-------+---------------------------+ Richard :) -- Will kill for Documentation. A Vic 20 is faster than a C64: 8bit roxs http://dogmilk.homelinux.com/
Richard James <thi...@all.will.it> wrote: > No it's not an ascii screenshot, this is a design diddle for my new Linux > distribution Hamsterix due out in 2067. > > +---------------------------------------------------+ > | Installing App Foo | > | Version 5.00 | > | Source http://blah.blah.blah/~foo/foo-5.00.tar.gz | > | +-------------------------------+ | > | Download |============100%===============| | > | +-------------------------------+ | > | Configure Options | > | | > |+----------+-+ +------------+-+ | > ||march-i386|V| | prefix /opt|V| | > |+----------+-+ +------------+-+ | > +---------------------------------------------------+ > | | > | Configure... Success | > | Build... Not Started | > | Install... Not Started | > +---------------------------------------------------+ > |checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | > |checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | > |checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu | > |checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/g| > | | > | | > | | > +---------+-----+-------+---------------------------+ > |Configure|Build|Install| | > +---------+-----+-------+---------------------------+ A few months back some of us drew screenshots for a hypothetical "ASCII-OS": http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=slrnasvs0v.438.spam%40prodigy.ecs.soton.ac.uk -- Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)
Harry Mason wrote: > Richard James <thi...@all.will.it> wrote: >> No it's not an ascii screenshot, this is a design diddle for my new Linux > A few months back some of us drew screenshots for a hypothetical > "ASCII-OS": oops a typo I meant to say >> No it's not an ascii-os screenshot, this is a design diddle for my new Linux Richard :) -- Will kill for Documentation. A Vic 20 is faster than a C64: 8bit roxs http://dogmilk.homelinux.com/
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