A UX FAQ Updated For 21st Century

6/25/24, 7:08 PM A/UX FAQ, updated for 21st century Semi-official FAQ list for A/UX This FAQ list is intended to cut down on the number of "often asked questions" that make the rounds on comp.unix.aux and to bring the official FAQ into the 21st century. Also included you'll find a few words of wisdom as well as some general information for the A/UX community. This list assumes that you are familiar with Unix (to some extent) but are curious about A/UX's peculiarities. If you don't understand something in the FAQ List, and a "Point of Contact" isn't specified, then by all means ask comp.unix.aux — the pool of A/UX experts is growing smaller, but this is still one of the best resources available. The list will be posted occasionally on comp.unix.aux, and maybe on news.answers and comp.answers as well. This FAQ will focus on A/UX 3.1.1, but will also refer to 3.1, 3.0.2 and 3.0.1. Bugs and things "broken" in 3.0.1 but fixed in 3.0.2 (and later) or "broken" in 3.1 but fixed in 3.1.1 won't necessarily be mentioned, since the 3.0.1→3.0.2 and 3.1→3.1.1 fixes (the AWS "Tune-Up" disks, v1.0 and v2.0) are free and readily available. Newcomers to A/UX (as well as the old-timers!) should become familiar with the sections on security, bugs, and hints before jumping to more specific questions. You can save yourself a few headaches! Please post your suggestions for additions/modifications to comp.unix.aux for consideration. Table of Contents List of Contributors to A/UX FAQ List General Q&A 1. What is A/UX? Is it any good? 9. What are Right-To-Copy and Right-To- 2. Who uses A/UX? What for? Upgrade licenses? 3. What's the minimum system I need 10. How can I report bugs that I find? (CPU, disk and RAM) to run A/UX? 11. What's the word on A/UX 3.1 and 3.1.1? 4. I don't have access to a supported 12. What's the future of A/UX with the machine. Can I run A/UX in emulation? PowerMacs? 5. What's new about A/UX 3.x.x? 13. I can't use A/UX. What Unix alternatives 6. What's the diff between 3.0.2 and are there? 3.0.2(wgs)? 14. What is NouveAUX? 7. How can I order A/UX? …