Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:33:20 -0500
Message-Id: <199901262033.PAA25307@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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	Proctor on Tue, 26 Jan 1999 15:30:27)
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com


> DJ: Would I get the same quality and trouble-freeness if I ran DJGPP
> and it's associated programs and utilities exclusively with Linux?
> Hey that would be great!!!

I don't see why not.

> I just assumed the best way would be to only use Linux for the GUI
> and online interfaces and stick with DOS for C.

Most people who have Linux use Linux for everything.  It uses the same
GNU tools for programming as DOS, you just have to use a different set
of libraries to talk to the hardware.

> Honestly, I don't have a reason from experience. Are some of the
> DJGPP programmers using DOSEMU with success? I just assumed they
> were experimenting with it.

I use it myself to test things, as it's faster than rebooting.