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There are still a few programs that use it, since they were ooold ports.
Some people also still like to play doom on occasion.
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On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Ya`akov N. Miles wrote:
> Art Stone wrote:
>
> > That's interesting if true, that only Slackware supports a.out .
> > Seems unlikely. I'm going to have to look. (Must also set up
> > the Round Table discussion for Monday.)
> >
> > Art
>
> I hope its not just the Slackware distribution that
> supports A.OUT format. I find this format to be
> far more efficient in terms of disk space and loading
> time to the bloated ELF that is now in fashion.
> I know the kernels as downloaded from
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org
> ask if you want executive support for A.OUT.
>
> I am thinking of burning a large number of Linux Slackware
> 3.5 and giving them away at the next meeting. However
> I do wish the club to consider
> http://www.cheapbytes.com
> as an alternate source. They are uneconomic for just
> one CD-ROM, they eat you alive in shipping charges,
> but a mass order from them would be economical
> at $1.99/CD-ROM and they have all distributions
> so someone could buy 1 of each and compare them.
> I would prefer this alternative to supplying the Linux
> Users Group with mass quantities of CD-ROMS.
>
> --
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