| 650 MB of GNU software for UNIX for both SunOS and Solaris plus sources. |
GNU CDROM contains the complete GNU software library, as well as binaries for both SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3, selected packages for MSDOS and MS-Windows, and hundreds of megabytes of source code. You can use most of the software ready-to-run from the disc and save disk space and compiling time. GNU utilities pride themselves on portability and you'll meet them wherever you go. Once you know these tools, you'll be comfortable in any UNIX environment.
*Emacs* is *the* industry standard text editor. You get two versions, 18.59 and 19.30, which will increase your programming speed with its awareness of programming languages. As a C developer, you use the *GCC* C and C++ compiler (2.7.1), the C++ library (2.7.1), the debugger *gdb* (4.15.1), and many other tools. *Perl* is becoming the most popular scripting language and you get two versions, stable 4.036 and up-to-the-minute 5.001m. For fun, try GNU *chess* (4.0.pl75), GNU *go* (1.2), and GNU *shogi*.
MS-Windows users can use Lucid GNU *Emacs* 1.35, GNU *Plot* for Windows 3.5, *tar*, *gnuzip*, more...
MSDOS users get the *DJGPP* suite, featuring a great 32 Bit C & C++ compiler (v. 2.6.3). Along with the compiler, you get libraries for graphics, async, BCC to GRX conversion, and task switching. Complete sources to libraries and compilers. *f2c* Fortran to C converter, *GDB* debugger (v. 4.12), *make* (v. 3.71), and *sed* (v. 1.18).
Everything comes with source and documentation. You get patches for larger packages that you can apply to an existing setup to bring it up to the current release -- you won't lose any customizations you have made!
With this disc, you can bring any bare-bones system up to a professional working environment.
Price: $39.95
Released: February 1996