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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 94 16:13:16 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #860
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Linux-Misc Digest #860, Volume #2 Sat, 1 Oct 94 16:13:16 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Linux goes commercial (Phil Hughes)
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Re: Request info on LINUX books and magazines (Phil Hughes)
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Re: Which distributors to use (Phil Hughes)
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Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz. (Jiann-Ming Su)
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Pixmaps (Bill McCarthy)
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Re: [ppp] (Tina Golini)
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Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz. (Steve Wilson)
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Re: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux? (Thomas G. McWilliams)
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Jeff Kesselman)
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Re: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux? (Mark A. Davis)
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Jeff Kesselman)
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Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS (Lover Man)
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gcc 2.6.0 [Re: GCC (templates) on Linux] (NightHawk)
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From: fyl@eskimo.com (Phil Hughes)
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Subject: Re: Linux goes commercial
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 15:51:23 GMT
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Champ Clark (c-clark@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu) wrote:
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: My boss swears up and down that he read somewhere that Linux
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: is no longer going to be a "free" (when I say that, I mean,
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: you dont have to buy it.. you can FTP it) anymore. He states
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: that the author (linus) has decided to make "linux" a commerical
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: product.
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This just can't happen. That is, what Linux is today is free and under
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GPL so you can have it. There are certainly commercial packages that run
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under Linux and such (see the ads in Linux Journal) but that is a totally
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different matter.
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--
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Phil Hughes, Publisher, Linux Journal (206) 527-3385
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usually phil@ssc.com, sometimes fyl@eskimo.com
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
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From: fyl@eskimo.com (Phil Hughes)
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Subject: Re: Request info on LINUX books and magazines
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:09:36 GMT
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Luis Miguel Silveira (lms@rle-vlsi.mit.edu) wrote:
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: I am looking for good reference books and/or magazines that include
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: descriptions or articles about Linux. Are there any available? If a
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: CD-ROM with the software comes with the book/magazine that would be a
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: *big* plus.
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There is, of course Linux Journal (blurb below). As for books there is
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Thomas Uhl's book that has a couple of titles (and is in German and
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English), Matt Welsh's _Linux Installation and Getting Started_, Olaf
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Kirch's _Linux Network Administrator's Guide_ and, all the How-Tos.
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SSC has published both Matt Welsh's and Olaf Kirch's books in
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perfect-bound versions ($12.95 and $18.95 respectively. Send e-mail to
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sales@ssc.com, call 206-527-3385 or fax 206-527-2806 to request a complete
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SSC catalog. The info below is on Linux Journal.
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+--------------+ P.O. Box 85867 * Seattle, WA * 98145-1867 * USA
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| Linux | (206)524-8338 * fax: (206)526-0803 * linux@fylz.com
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| Journal | Subscriptions: (206) 527-3385 FAX: (206) 527-2806
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+--------------+
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LINUX JOURNAL FAQ
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6/23/94
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This FAQ contains information about Linux Journal, the magazine
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covering the Linux Community. Topics covered are:
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o general/history
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o content
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o subscriptions
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o writing for LJ
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o advertising in LJ
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o Linux-related product releases
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o consultants directory
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o distributors/retailers
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o misc
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o if all else fails ...
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General/History
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We see our mission as serving the Linux community while working
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to promote the use of Linux. Although most of our initial sub-
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scribers have come from the Internet we expect half of our future
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readers will find LJ as their initial source of information on
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Linux. This means that LJ can provide a way for people to find
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hardware, software and help in getting themselves going. We see
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this as a benefit to the Linux newsgroups by reducing "newbie"
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questions as well to our advertisers by providing them with a new
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way to reach potential new users.
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The idea for producing Linux Journal arose in early 1993. In late
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February, 1994 we mailed our first issue. The magazine received a
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very positive response - both on the Internet and elsewhere. Is-
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sue #4, the August issue, will be released in mid-July.
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SSC, publisher of Unix and C pocket references for over ten
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years, is now the publisher, with Phil Hughes having the overall
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responsibility for the complete publication. Phil's 11 years in
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publishing and 15 years of experience with Unix will be applied
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to ensure the quality of the publication as well as its promo-
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tion.
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Michael K. Johnson is now the editor. He founded the original
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"man project", which was the forerunner of the current "Linux
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Documentation Project", and maintains a few Linux packages, as
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well as the "Linux Kernel Hackers' Guide".
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Content
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Each issue of Linux Journal offers articles that appeal to new-
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comers as well as serious technical articles for long-time Unix
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users. Although LJ is Linux-specific, many of the articles are of
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interest to Unix users and other users of freely redistributable
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software.
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Regular columns include:
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o Interviews with prominent Linux personalities
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o Linux Programming Tips by Michael Johnson
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o What's GNU? by Arnold Robbins
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o Cooking with Linux by Matt Welsh
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o The Debian Distribution by Ian Murdock
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o New Products
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o Letters to the Editor
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o Book and Product Reviews
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o Linux Counter
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o Linux Consultant's Directory
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Features that have appeared in Linux Journal include:
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o Tips for Optimizing Memory Usage by Jeff Tranter
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o Sendmail+IDA by Vince Skahan
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o World Wide Web by Bernie Thompson
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o Comparison of Linux, Windows NT and OS/2 by Bernie Thompson
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o Onyx: a copylefted 4GL by Michael Kraehe
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o Icmake: a new make tool by Frank Brokken and Karel Kubat
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o Linux and Hams: what hams involved in Linux have to say
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o Hints & Tips for Optimizing Linux Disk Usage by Jeff Tranter
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o Linux Systems Administration by Mark Komarinski
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o Linux Journal Survey Results
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o Linux Around the World
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o The Linux File System Standard by Daniel Quinlan
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o Linux Distributions
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o Wine Status
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Advertisers include:
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o Algorithms Corporation
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o Amtec Engineering, Inc.
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o Basmark
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o Fintronic
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o FYL
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o InfoMagic
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o Prime Time Freeware
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o PromoX Systems
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o Sequoia International, Inc.
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o Signum Support
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o Springer-Verlag
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o SSC
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o Trans-Ameritech
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o Usenix
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o Unix Expo
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o Windsor Technologies
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o Yggdrasil
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Subscriptions
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Subscriptions are available internationally through SSC directly.
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They are also available in specific regions through our interna-
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tional distributors. Magazines are mailed internationally through
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a "surface air lift" service which delivers the magazines quickly
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to the countries of destination where local mail will be handled
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by surface delivery.
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Subscription rates are as follows:
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$19/year U.S., $24/year Canada, $29/year Foreign
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$34/2 years U.S., $44/2 years Canada, $49/2 years Foreign
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Back issues are available for $4 ($6 airmail) while supplies last.
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Linux Journal, P.O. Box 85867, Seattle, WA 98145-1867
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FAX: +1 206 527-2806, Phone: +1 206 527-3385
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E-mail: subs@ssc.com
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At this address we can accept payment by checks in U.S. funds
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drawn on a U.S. bank or a foreign bank in their native currency,
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American Express, Visa and MasterCard. Since the internet is not
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a secure network, you may not wish to send credit card numbers
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via email.
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Subscriptions start with the next issue of Linux Journal. Back
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issues, if still available, are $4 each or $6 each for air mail
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delivery.
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Writing for Linux Journal
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Articles in Linux Journal cover the range from "how do I get
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started" to kernel hacking. We intend to try to strike a balance
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so the magazine will be accessible to the newcomer and yet con-
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tinue to contain useful information to long-term Linux users.
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Also, in order to legitimize Linux to many business unix users,
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we need to offer articles on commercial uses for Linux. They can
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be in the form of documenting a place/job where Linux is being
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used commercially, a technical article on the development of a
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commercial application, or a review of a commercial product.
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If you are considering writing for LJ or have a lead to a commer-
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cial use, contact our editor, Michael Johnson. He can be reached
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via e-mail at ljeditor@sunsite.unc.edu, or as Editor, Linux Jour-
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nal, P.O. Box 85867, Seattle, WA 98145-1867
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Advertising in LJ
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Linux Journal is supported by a combination of subscription and
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advertising revenue. Rates are competitive for the number of
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readers we reach and our specific target audience matches the
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needs of those who have products targeted to the Linux market.
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We currently only offer display advertising. Future plans include
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classified advertising and a card deck. If you are interested,
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request a media kit and rate card.
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Our advertising manager is:
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Joanne Wagner, Linux Journal, P.O. Box 85867, Seattle, WA 98145-1867
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FAX: +1 206 526-0803, Phone: +1 206 524-8338
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E-mail: joanne@fylz.com
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Linux-related Product Releases
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If you have a new product that you feel is of interest to the
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Linux community, send us a press release. We have a regular new
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products column and will publish information on the most relevant
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products.
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We also have a review team and may be interested in reviewing
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specific products. If you would be willing to make a review copy
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of a product available, please let us know.
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Send new product information to:
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New Products, Linux Journal, P.O. Box 85867, Seattle, WA 98145-1867
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FAX: +1 206 526-0803, Phone: +1 206 524-8338
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E-mail: newprod@fylz.com
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Consultant's Directory
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We maintain a directory of consultants that work with Linux. The
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directory is published periodically in Linux Journal. The first
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listing is currently free, and rates for subsequent listings are
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reasonable. To be listed, send your name, company, address, phone
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and e-mail and/or fax contact information along with a brief de-
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scription of what you work on to:
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Consultant Directory, Linux Journal, P.O. Box 85867, Seattle, WA 98145-1867
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FAX: +1 206 526-0803, Phone: +1 206 524-8338
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E-mail: joanne@fylz.com
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Distributors/Retailers
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We are in the process of setting up newsstand distribution of LJ.
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Computer Literacy Bookstores and Barnes & Noble carry the maga-
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zine and we expect to get distribution to many other stores in
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the next few months.
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If you are aware of a store that should carry LJ you can suggest
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they contact SSC at (206) 527-3385 about reselling or send us e-
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mail at dist@ssc.com with their contact information.
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Misc
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Q: Is LJ available Electronically?
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A: Not yet. Once we have the paper copy under control we plan to
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work on this. It requires contract arrangements with both authors
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and advertisers before we can do it.
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Q: Can information printed in LJ be reprinted?
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A: Authors may use the material with the only restriction being
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that if they use it immediately they include the phrase "reprint-
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ed with permission of Linux Journal". Other people wishing to use
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material should contact LJ. Permission is generally granted ex-
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cept where restricted by author or other prior copyright.
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If All Else Fails ...
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If your question isn't answered here, send e-mail to ljedi-
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tor@sunsite.unc.edu. We will send a e-mail response and, if it
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is a common question we will add it to this FAQ. If you don't
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have e-mail, you can fax questions to (206) 526-0803 or call
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(206) 524-8338.
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--
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Phil Hughes, Publisher, Linux Journal (206) 527-3385
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usually phil@ssc.com, sometimes fyl@eskimo.com
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From: fyl@eskimo.com (Phil Hughes)
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Subject: Re: Which distributors to use
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:27:02 GMT
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Pascal Cleve (cleve@tiac.net) wrote:
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: Which distributors would you recommend for Linux. Downloading is not fun.
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: Any horror stories? Should I pick one at random?
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If you are downloading, pick Slackware. Very popular, very modular and it
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works.
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But, the best bet is get a CD-ROM. It is cheap and well worth it.
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--
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Phil Hughes, Publisher, Linux Journal (206) 527-3385
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usually phil@ssc.com, sometimes fyl@eskimo.com
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From: Jiann-Ming Su <js1@Ra.MsState.Edu>
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Subject: Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz.
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 15:13:02 -0500 (CDT)
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> SGI doesn't sell a 200 Mhz processor.
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Well, I just "hinved" the machine and apparently it's back to 150MHz.
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I guess that chip was taken out of there. Over the summer it had been
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saying 200MHz. Oh well. I can live with 150, I gues. . .
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From: bmccarth@gulfaero.com (Bill McCarthy)
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Subject: Pixmaps
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Date: 1 Oct 1994 11:52:04 -0400
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Hiya:
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I have a rather odd question. Is there any ftp site that has a collection
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of pixmaps? I'm using some from XFM-1.3, and a few are nice, but I'd like to
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get some more varied kinds. Any pointers? Thanks.
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Bill McCarthy
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bmccarth@gulfaero.com
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"Isn't it pretty to think so."
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TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT\__Jake Barnes___________________________
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LinuX + i486dx2/66
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usual disclaimer
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From: cgolini@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (Tina Golini)
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Subject: Re: [ppp]
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:24:24 GMT
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pp000547@interramp.com wrote:
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: As far as I can tell, the only thing different about the way I now
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: interface with interramp.com via PPP and the way I am supposed to
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: interface with snarf.com is that interramp.com assigns me a "dynamic"
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: IP address each time I dial in, whereas snarf.com has "loaned" me a
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: fixed IP address.
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: So, since the various scripts that I am using with interramp.com work
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: nicely, I simply copied them all into another directory and modified them to
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: suit snarf.com.
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: However, when I try to connect to snarf.com, the negotiations get
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: bogged down and (I think) my end of the negotiations eventually loses
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: patience and quits.
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If you don't have the option "defaultroute" in your /etc/ppp/options
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file, add it. Hopefully that will fix it.
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Be happy...
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- Stormy (I'm on vacation, this isn't my account, send replies to
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STORMY@MAIL.DAVIS.COM)
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From: stevew@sheridan.ncd.com (Steve Wilson)
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Subject: Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz.
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Date: 29 Sep 1994 19:24:24 GMT
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In article <36f0am$kcm@jhunix1.hcf.jhu.edu>, vlad@myhost.subdomain.domain (Rakesh Malik) writes:
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|> H. Peter Anvin (hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu) wrote:
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|> : Followup to: <1994Sep24.025919.2356@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
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|> : By author: pn002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Peter C. Norton)
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|> : In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
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|> : >
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|> : > No, no, no (shaking head sadly). First, I believe that the PCI bus is
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|> : > only 32 bits wide. Now go and do your math. Second, have you any means of
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|> : > benching your bus at optimum performance? I think you're in for a hard
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|> : > dose of reality...
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|> : >
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|> : Your belief is incorrect. The PCI bus has both 32 and 64 bit
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|> : versions.
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|>
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|> : /hpa
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|>
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|>
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|> : --
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|> : INTERNET: hpa@nwu.edu --- Allah'u'abha ---
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|> : IBM MAIL: I0050052 at IBMMAIL HAM RADIO: N9ITP or SM4TKN
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|> : FIDONET: 1:115/511 or 1:115/512 STORMNET: 181:294/1 or 181:294/101
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|> : Laughter is the best medicine -- Quayle in '94.
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|>
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|> Does that mean that PCI-2 is available now? PCI is only 32-bits,
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|> but the new spec is supposed to be for 64-bit wide and faster clock. Is
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|> this rumour true, then?
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|>
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|> -Rakesh
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Okay folks...having read the PCI spec a couple times thru now.
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The PCI 2.0 spec has been around for many many months. I saw it
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first about a year ago if memory serves. This spec has always defined a
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64 bit bus and a 32 bit bus. Both sizes are supported.
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REALITY CHECK:
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All of the peripheral parts I'm familiar with are using a 32 bit interface
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today(that doesn't mean that 64 bit parts don't exist, I've just not seen
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any yet!) SO, today if you go buy a PCI based system, it'll be a 32 bit
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bus.
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Steve Wilson
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From: tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams)
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Subject: Re: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux?
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 06:02:26 GMT
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Mark A. Davis (mark@taylor.infi.net) wrote:
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: BTW- I just tried out SCO Unix WordPerfect 5.1 at home (upgraded the
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: kernel finally, so I could load iBCS). ***WOW*** it works, it works
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: great, it works fine, it works well, it works!!!! Not only that, but I
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: loaded up a demo of Island Write/Draw/Paint I had lying around....
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: AND THAT WORKS FLAWLESSLY TOO!!
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:
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: Great job people!!!!!
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Does this mean that Mark Davis is retiring as the resident nag
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for SCO compatibility? Could it be true? No more repetitions
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lectures and admonitions from Mark "One Note" Davis? What will
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be his next crusade ... :^)
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(I'm just kidding you Mark; you have defended your position
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honorably and reasonably over the years. I'm glad you finally
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have what you've been waiting for!)
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tgm@netcom.com
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From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman)
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 06:03:20 GMT
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In article <36c1rr$h01@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
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Charles Blair <ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote:
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> I suspect a lot of novice users never use sed and awk, and that many
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>more use vi.
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Hey. I've been using UNIX for ... lets see... 28 years now. For about 24
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of them I've been using vi. I NEVER use sedf aor awk. (Well, to be
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honest, I learned PERL last year and use it from time to time... its far
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superiuor to awk IMO 'cause it pre-compiles and thus runs an order of
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magnitude faster. It can also do binary output, a real limitation of awk.)
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:)
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From: mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark A. Davis)
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Subject: Re: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux?
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 20:03:56 GMT
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mjf@clark.net (Marc Fraioli) writes:
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>In article 4500@taylor.infi.net, mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark A. Davis) writes:
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>>mjf@clark.net (Marc Fraioli) writes:
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>>> Due to my constant exposure to it and great
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>>>hatred for it, I am afraid you will be unable to convince me of its
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>>
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>>Not sure why you would HATE it....
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>>
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>Perhaps I should enumerate some of the reasons:
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> 1. Printing requires a separate suid root daemon with its own
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> configuration program. Why can't they just print through lpd
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> like everyone else?
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They did this to preserve the print control and port control features
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to make it identical to the MS-DOS versions. I can't say I am thrilled
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about having it (I would feel fine throwing that away), but it works
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fine here nonetheless.
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> 2. Although the program is nominally X/Motif (it creates a window,
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> has pull-down menus, etc.), it is still basically a text program.
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> It is clearly text-oriented. For example, choosing "load" from
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> the file menu results in WP's text file load screen taking over
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> the window from the document, just like it does under DOS.
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> NO Motif filebox. This shows more laziness than anything else,
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> I suspect, but it still blows.
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This is not true.... certainly not in 5.1. You click on file, you do
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indeed get a standard, motifish file chooser- all point and click.
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> 3. It crashes.
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It does crash if the Xserver runs out of pixmap memory- I have complained to
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WP about this. Hopefully this will be fixed in 6.0
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> A lot.
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I have 100 people using it all day long (on the same machine, no less).
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I would estimate our average crash rate in the text version is about
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1 time per month (which affects only a single person, and the work they
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were doing is saved automatically in /tmp/*.bk). In the X version
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(less used since most of our terminals
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are text based), I would estimate about 1 crash in every 20 sessions.
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> Usually just locks up, but sometimes the
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> window dies while the process stays behind. When this happens
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> (once a week, with heavy use) the process is somehow unkillable. The only way
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> to get rid of it is to reboot.
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I have never seen that behavior in WordPerfect for SCO Unix....
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Although I have seen this happen on a few other programs.
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> And you'd better do that, too,
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> since if you don't, and try to start a new instance of WP, odds
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> are 50-50 that the whole OS will crash, right down to the PROM
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> monitor. Only piece of user-space code I've ever seen which can
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> crash Ultrix. I suspect the suid root piece must have something
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> to do with this.
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There definately appears to be a problem with the Ultrix version based
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on that description.
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> 4. Strange screen effects. The scrollbars don't work right. They
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> don't show your correct relative position in the document,
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I have not seen that behavior.
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> and you
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> can't scroll all the way to the bottom of the document.
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That was fixed in the 11/93 and later versions of WP5.1
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> There are many more, but these are sufficient to damn it internally
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>in my mind.
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At least keep the damning mostly to the Ultrix version.... :)
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>>>non-existence (although I wish it were so). 5.1-X is not too bad, but
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>>>it is not available for Ultrix, which is what I have on my desk at work.
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>>
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>>Time to change OS's? Maybe you could run the newer version remotely....
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>>or, if for some reason you hate WP, not just the DEC 5.0 version, then
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>>use something else.... $$$$ Framemaker, Island Write, On-Go, Applixware...
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>>
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>This is difficult for me to do, as my employer doesn't authorize me
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>to spend any money.
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I can understand that completely.
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> At any rate, I don't want to bring this horrible
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>beast home to my Linux box. Note though, that I am aware that 5.1 on
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>SunOS 4.1.3 is dramatically better, although still not perfect.
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No software is perfect.... especially not huge programs which run on
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all kinds of machines, try to do everything in the world, and try to meet
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everyone's needs. (Darn- I should copywrite that!)
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--
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/--------------------------------------------------------------------------\
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| Mark A. Davis | Lake Taylor Hospital | Norfolk,VA (804)-461-5001x431 |
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| Director/SysAdmin | Information Systems | mark@taylor.infi.net |
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\--------------------------------------------------------------------------/
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From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman)
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 06:06:40 GMT
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What IS needed is a decent admin shell. IMO. Just about anybody who can
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read can get some of the latest CD-ROM Linuxs installed. What they can't
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do, however, is the day to day admin necessary to keep a UNIX system
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healthy and happy. An adminshell woudl help alot...
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From: robinson@sparc62.cs.uiuc.edu (Lover Man)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.admin,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
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Subject: Re: How to use a host as a router - READ THIS
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Date: 30 Sep 94 20:21:00 GMT
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jra@zeus.IntNet.net (Jay Ashworth) writes:
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>dwm@shell.portal.com (David - Morris) writes:
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>>Re. why not 127.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1 -- the destination address must
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>>be a 'host' address and the host address can't be zero (0).
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>True... but I think he was talking about the destination address, not the
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>interface address... you can route either the loopback _net_, or the
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>loopback _host_, with equal facility.
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>Cheers,
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>-- jra
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>--
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>Jay R. Ashworth High Technology Systems Comsulting Ashworth
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>Designer Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation & Associates
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>ka1fjx/4
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>jra@baylink.com "Hey! Do any of you guys know how to Madison?" 813 790 7592
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Ok I have a question for you guys. Since I didn't here the beginning of
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this thread I have this particular problem:
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I have a problem. There is a machine which I dial up and get
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a slip link to. On this machines network I can access all of the
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machines. However I have to telnet to a machine I have an account on
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on that network to be able to telnet or ftp to the rest of the internet.
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Is there a way I can somehow have the machine that I do have an account
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on to act as some sort of a gateway. I've tried specifiing that machine
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as my gateway to no avail.
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####### #####################
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# Me #--------- # Dialup term server#----------+
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####### ##################### |
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#########
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# "bert"#
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#########
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$$$$|$$$$$
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$Internet$
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$$$$$$$$$$
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I want to make it look to my machine as if I am connected directly to
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the internet. And if possible to the internet that I am connected directly
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to it. I am assuming the termserver will not route packets out side of
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the network the machine "bert" lies on. I have an account on the machine
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bert, which is how I access the internet. I would like to be able to
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do what I do from bert directly from my machine, which happens to be
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a linux box.
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Here is what I see when I type the route command on my box. By the way
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which is a Linux machine.
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Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
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uicgate * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 sl0
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127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
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default uicgate * UG 0 0 4996 sl0
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uiucgate is the name of the termserver, or at least the name I gave it in
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my hosts file.
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From: fsosi@j51.com (NightHawk)
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Subject: gcc 2.6.0 [Re: GCC (templates) on Linux]
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Date: 27 Sep 1994 23:10:39 -0400
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Daniel COHEN-LAROQUE (cohen@eurecom.fr) wrote:
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: For more information, have a look at gnu.gcc.help newsgroup.
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: If people is interested, I can download gcc2.6.0 on a site. I think
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Please don't. You don't know what you get into.
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: people at sunsite wait for gcc to be more stable. (I don't aggree since
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: it's as usable as gcc2.5.8, I compiled kernel 1.1.45 yesterday)
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gcc 2.6.1 may be release RSN. For peopl who cannot wait and are willing
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to use the beta compiler, you can join the GCC channel.
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NH
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