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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 13:13:16 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #858
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Linux-Misc Digest #858, Volume #2 Sat, 1 Oct 94 13:13:16 EDT
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Contents:
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Compiling a SLIP FAQ List (Josh Wilmes)
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Rene COUGNENC)
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Re: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux? (Mark A. Davis)
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Re: How Old Is Linus? (Stig A. Olsen)
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Re: Linux goes commercial (Mark 'Enry' Komarinski)
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Re: LINUX pronounciation. (H. Peter Anvin)
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Re: Hmmm (Corey Brenner)
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Mark 'Enry' Komarinski)
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Need help (Lin Jyun-Naih)
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Re: tcpdump [short q] (mgb)
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Re: How can I rank video cards for Linux? (Jiann-Ming Su)
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Re: Copyright and licensing - a plea to software authors (Jeff Kesselman)
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Re: Maple V for Linux (Robert Ashcroft)
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Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz. (Jiann-Ming Su)
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128-256 symbols on my screen - HOW TO?! (Sam Steingold)
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Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! (Trevor Lampre)
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Re: New Linux Distribution (Leonard101)
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SCO COFF lib -> Linux (Oz Dror)
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Linux chosen in Thailand (Gary Paul Gortmaker)
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From: wilmesj@vccsouth25.its.rpi.edu (Josh Wilmes)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Compiling a SLIP FAQ List
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Date: 29 Sep 1994 03:05:20 GMT
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I am willing to begin compiling a SLIP/PPP FAQ. I would appreciate it
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if people could send me any of their dip scripts or insight. I have had
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a fair amount of experience in getting SLIP up and running with my Linux
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box and the campus network, and personally found the lack of information
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somewhat frustrating. It is for that reason that I am volunteering to do
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this. Thanks for any contributions!
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--jw
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From: rene@renux.frmug.fr.net (Rene COUGNENC)
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: 28 Sep 1994 23:24:00 GMT
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Reply-To: cougnenc@hsc.fr.net (Rene COUGNENC)
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Ce brave Juana Moreno ecrit:
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> I have been thinking of putting up a new Linux distribution especially
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> oriented to DOS-Win dummies. (...)
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> My distribution, tentatively called "WIn-dos Transition" (WIT), would have
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> the following features:
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[(mis)features deleted]
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Please don't do that.
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They won't understand what Unix is with such a system; and find
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their actual Windows or OS/2 setup much more powerful.
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I hope your article is just a joke :-)
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(In this case, next time don't forget to add ByWATER Basic to your list...)
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--
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linux linux linux linux -[ cougnenc@renux.frmug.fr.net ]- linux linux linux
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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: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 03:05:43 GMT
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mjf@clark.net (Marc Fraioli) writes:
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>In article 4915@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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>>
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>>>In article 24574@taylor.infi.net, mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark A. Davis) writes:
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>>>>The text version flies at an incredible speed. The Xwindows version will
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>>>>be similar to the Sun version. WordPerfect 5.1 was WordPerfect's first
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>>>>attempt at X software, it is rather large and slow.... but usable.
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>>
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>>>I have WordPerfect 5.0 for X/Ultrix at work. It is ghastly. Quite
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>>>probably the worst written piece of software I have ever seen.
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>>
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>>5.0 does not include an X version at all. Which means you are using the
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>>text version. I do not understand your reaction at all. We have been using
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>>WordPerfect for Unix since version 4.2. And the text version is very fast,
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>>functional, mostly bug free, and very stable. The only major problems
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>>I have seen with WordPerfect for Unix revolve around the 5.1 X version;
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>>which I imagine most will be fixed in the 6.0 X version.
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>>
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>Nope, 5.0 does have an X version. I have seen it on SunOS, and use it
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>nearly every day on Ultrix.
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Hmm, I was told that 5.1 was the first X version.... perhaps they meant
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the first X version for SCO. Maybe an earlier, slower, buggier version
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was available for other platforms.
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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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Not sure why you would HATE it....
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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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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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And all the above have SCO versions which should also run under Linux IBCS!!!
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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: stigo@ifi.uio.no (Stig A. Olsen)
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Subject: Re: How Old Is Linus?
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Date: 1 Oct 1994 14:42:51 +0100
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In article <36hq45$npg@Ra.MsState.Edu>, js1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Jiann-Ming Su) writes:
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> In article <367dkb$ai9@sashimi.wwa.com>,
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> Terence S. Murphy <blackbob@wwa.com> wrote:
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> >sure it will happen if Linux if still around for a couple of more years.
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> >--
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>
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> Why would Linux go away?
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SCO, Novell, Microsoft, IBM, SunSoft and a couple of others is
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out to get him! :-)
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--
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-- Stig A. Olsen --
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-- stigo@ifi.uio.no --
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-- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~stigo --
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From: komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Mark 'Enry' Komarinski)
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Subject: Re: Linux goes commercial
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Date: 29 Sep 1994 03:10:55 GMT
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Al Longyear (longyear@netcom.com) wrote:
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: c-clark@freenet2.scri.fsu.edu (Champ Clark) writes:
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::[...]
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: Then tell him to buy it and use it. It seems that this is one of the
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: major complaints from the 'business' people that "since it did not
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: cost me anything then it can't be good." You should be happy with your
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: boss' misconception.
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My boss was thrilled when I told him I had a free UNIX with a C compiler.
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Given that we shelled out I-don't-know-how-much for a lousy copy of
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UNIXware (which was a pain to admin and didn't have a C compiler).
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He was also thrilled with the fact that after screwing around with UNIXware
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about 2 days (16 hrs) that I could install from scratch a Linux machine
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and get httpd working in 6 hours.
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: p.s.: There is an old saying "the customer is always right". In business,
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: there is another old saying "the boss is always right." DON'T ARGUE. And
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: don't point out the mistake. It really doesn't matter.
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If you know enough about it to administer it safely, you could convince
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yr boss that it is easy to set up and administer, especially for 'minor'
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tasks (such as a WWW server). 'Free and easy' go far in a business world
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at times.
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(No, I don't work or speak for Clarkson)
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--
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- Mark Komarinski - komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.
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Check out comp.os.linux for more info.
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From: hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: LINUX pronounciation.
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 14:19:02 GMT
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Followup to: <36ik63$hln@Tut.MsState.Edu>
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By author: simmons@EE.MsState.Edu
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In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
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>
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> In article <1994Sep30.152247.1@corning.com>,
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> whiting_ms@corning.com (Matt Whiting) <whiting_ms@corning.com> wrote:
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> >--
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> >
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> >Stupid question: how is LINUX pronounced? I've heard pronounced so that it
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> >sounds like the "lin" in linen and so that it sounds like the "lin" in line.
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> >
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>
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> Check out http://www.gtlug.org/lpd/lpd.html for the official
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> Linux Pronounciation Database.
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>
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Or FTP a sound file from Linus himself from:
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ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/SillySounds
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/hpa
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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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"Life is complex. It has real and imaginary parts." -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org
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Crossposted-To: alt.fan.linus-torvalds
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From: brennerc@rocket.cc.umr.edu (Corey Brenner)
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Subject: Re: Hmmm
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:01:09 GMT
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Bjorn Kihlberg (psybk@pew.psy.gu.se) wrote:
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: Chris (e8ne@amalthea.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
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: : Jeez - I hadn't realized that Linus had such a loyal following ;)
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: : Chris
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: But of course! Not anyone would get the idea to start a new .NIX (*NUX?) and
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: manage to make it better than all the others combined! :)
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: --
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: --------------------------------------------------------------------
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: Bjorn Kihlberg | email: bk@psy.gu.se
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: (C) All Copyrighted | bjorn@trillium.se
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Hear, Hear! Linus *IS* God! (or at least my previously useless PC thinks so)
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Corey Brenner
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From: komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Mark 'Enry' Komarinski)
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: 29 Sep 1994 03:26:19 GMT
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Juana Moreno (madrid@gandalf.rutgers.edu) wrote:
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:[...]
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: My distribution, tentatively called "WIn-dos Transition" (WIT), would have
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: the following features:
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: - Defaults to SINGLE USER mode. No need to show the complications
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: of multiuser accounts to newbies who will likely use it
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: personally.
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: - Only one shell: bash, with lots of aliases that match as closely
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: as possible the COMMAND.COM commands and the utilities in
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: the DOS directory. Maybe it won't be very difficult to
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: include a .BAT->.sh translator.
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: - Only enough utilities to match the functionality of the DOS
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: standard utilities plus the major unix winners like
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: grep, awk and sed. (But not vi or emacs!!!).
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: - NO NETWORKING, except for maybe a terminal program (minicom) and
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: a mostly configured SLIP (client side only). In that case,
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: maybe Mosaic should be also included.
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: -NO SCSI. Most home dos-win users don't even know what SCSI is.
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: -XFree 3.1 configured to use the VGA16 server (mono or color) with
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: a generic (low resolution) Xconfig.
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: - Utilities to match the standard Windows applets:
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: Winfile -> Xfm-1.3
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: Progman -> Xfm-1.3
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: Notepad -> Axe (?)
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: Write -> Ez
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: Terminal -> Minicom (Seyon?)
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: Mediaplay -> ?????
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: Dos windows -> Xterm,rxvt (of course !!!)
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: Whatelse???
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: - Only one window manager: FVWM
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: - No developing tools.
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: - The binaries should fit (gzipped) in 10 1.44 floppies.
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IMO, you just took out most of what UNIX has over DOG/Windoze. UNIX in itself
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is not ready at all for a home market, and I doubt it ever will be. It's
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too .. well.. good.
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The other big stumbling blocks are:
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- Low X resolution/colors: Everyone in the DOG/Win world is used to
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1024X768X256 (at least)..Noone would want to drop to 640X480X16 (or 2)
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- No Win compatability: if you're really serious about this, wait until
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Wine is mature enough (will it be?) to handle Windows programs.
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: Well, that's my idea. I'd like to hear comments before I start packaging
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: everything, because if you think this is useless I'd like to know before
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: I waste my time. All suggestions will be appreciated.
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--
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- Mark Komarinski - komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste.
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Check out comp.os.linux for more info.
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From: jnlin@netrd.net.tw (Lin Jyun-Naih)
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Subject: Need help
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Date: 29 Sep 1994 03:32:57 GMT
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Hi,
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I got gated-R3_5Alpha_7 and tried to make it, but it failed in parser.y
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Do I need to modify this file? (I use Linux system.)
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I also set yacc to bison in Config file.
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Your assistance is appreciated.
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J.N. Lin
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============================================================================
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cclin:/gated/gated-R3_5Alpha_7/src> make config
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util/config obj.Linux-1.0.9-i386/Config
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Parsing obj.Linux-1.0.9-i386/Config
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Directory: obj.Linux-1.0.9-i386
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Building Makefile from Makefile.template
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make links depend
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make[1]: Entering directory `/gated/gated-R3_5Alpha_7/src/obj.Linux-1.0.9-i386'
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rm -f core core.gated gated checksum.o grand.o if.o inet.o krt.o krt_rtread_pro
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c.o krt_ifread_ioctl.o krt_rt_ioctl.o krt_lladdr_linux.o krt_symbols_proc.o krt
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_ipmulticast.o policy.o rt_aggregate.o rt_radix.o rt_redirect.o rt_static.o rt_
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table.o sockaddr.o str.o targets.o task.o trace.o parse.o aspath.o asmatch.o bg
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p.o bgp_init.o bgp_rt.o bgp_sync.o egp.o egp_init.o egp_rt.o hello.o icmp.o osp
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f_build_dbsum.o ospf_build_ls.o ospf_choose_dr.o ospf_conf.o ospf_flood.o ospf_
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init.o ospf_log.o ospf_lsdb.o ospf_newq.o ospf_rt.o ospf_rtab.o ospf_rxlinkup.o
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ospf_rxmon.o ospf_rxpkt.o ospf_spf.o ospf_spf_leaves.o ospf_states.o ospf_tqha
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ndle.o ospf_trace.o ospf_txpkt.o rip.o parser.o lexer.o version.o linterrs.gated
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rm -f gated.8 ospf_monitor.8 ripquery.8 gdc.8 inst-man
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rm -f signames.c
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rm -f y.tab.* y.output
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rm -f version.c version.ids version.ids.new
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rm -f core.ripquery ripquery ripquery.o checksum.o str.o standalone.o linterrs.
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ripquery
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rm -f core.ospf_monitor ospf_monitor ospf_monitor.o checksum.o str.o standalone
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..o linterrs.ospf_monitor
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rm -f core.gdc gdc gdc.o str.o standalone.o linterrs.gdc
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rm -f libgated.a signames.o inet_aton.o IEFBR14.o
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rm -f lexer.c parser.c parser.h
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rm -f TAGS
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Configuring: parser
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make[1]: *** [parser.y] Error 139 <----- error here, can't parse
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make[1]: Leaving directory `/gated/gated-R3_5Alpha_7/src/obj.Linux-1.0.9-i386'
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cclin:/gated/gated-R3_5Alpha_7/src>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: byrne_mike@mm.ssd.lmsc.lockheed.com (mgb)
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Subject: Re: tcpdump [short q]
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Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 00:13:13 GMT
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In article <940929110320.222040e4@CHIP.FNAL.GOV>, DABOUS@CHIP.FNAL.GOV wrote:
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> Hi All,
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>
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> What is the Linux command to do a "tcpdump"? I type tcpdump on
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> my linux box and it says command not found!
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>
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> Any idea? Thank you!
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>
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> - Kal Dabous
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> dabous@fnal.gov
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Sources are on sunsite. Results won't be very interesting unless you have a
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TCP/IP link up and running.
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From: js1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Jiann-Ming Su)
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Subject: Re: How can I rank video cards for Linux?
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:27:46 -0500
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In article <CwrA31.HHA@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu>,
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Larry Doolittle <doolittle@cebaf.gov> wrote:
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>
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>Most accelerators *are* supported by XFree now. Almost all will be
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>supported by the next release (3.1) coming out RSN. The notable exceptions
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>are some Diamond cards (proprietary clock chips), ATI Mach64, and Matrox.
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>I am not sure how the P9x00 driver is coming, I guess that one is still
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>chancy. 8514, S3, ATI, Cirrus, ET-4000/W32 all have at least some
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>acceleration supported by XFree, if not now, in the next release.
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>
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I thought it was just the Diamonds and Matrox that were not supported.
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I was under the impression that the ATI Mach64 is. In fact, our
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local linux user's group machine is using the Mach64.
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From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman)
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Subject: Re: Copyright and licensing - a plea to software authors
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Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 02:20:29 GMT
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I'm not going to include the body of Mr. Tso's artcial because I don't
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want to waste the bandwidth, as its not really necessary to my point.
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Something you seem to be forgetting is that the concept of 'intent'
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carries alot of weight in teh courts. In the case of Jobs' files, the
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clear INTENT was that users link it with the GNU stuff. For this reason,
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it coudl be argued as falling within GNU's right to keep that from
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happening, as GNu liscneses its software for very specific uses. (Now
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whetehr they coudl sue Jobs, or whether they woudl have to after the
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people using his stuff, i don't know. I suspect however Jobs coudl be
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seen as 'inducing' the breach of contract, for whatever thats worth...
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thats just a feeling though, I'm not nearly well enough versed in law to
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make a statement to that effect.)
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In your dbm case, YOUR clear intenet is that it be linekd with dbm. thus
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YOU are not trying to get anyone to void their agreement with FSF.
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A very different case.
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Jeff kesselman
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From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
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Subject: Re: Maple V for Linux
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 04:35:42 GMT
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In article <36fqhs$hji@sulawesi.lerc.nasa.gov>,
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Ray Hann <mshann@hyperthink.lerc.nasa.gov> wrote:
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>In article <36ctcd$g5d@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> tony@engr.mun.ca writes:
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>>rossn@unbc.edu (Ross Niebergall) writes:
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>>I would imagine the higher price for maple is due to unix being a
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>>multi-user platform. Windows is for one person, however on a unix
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>>implementation of a program (unless it is otherwise restricted, and
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>>I dont think maple is) then that program is available to alot of
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>>people.
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>
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>Isn't windows for workgroups multi-user? I know NT is definitely multi-user.
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>I have been waiting for Maple for Linux, but I thought the port was
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>going to be the student version for around $100 US. I think the Linux
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>community is not going to be willing to shell out the $500+ or whatever
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>it is, since a lot of people who use Linux are on student budgets. I hope
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>there is a port of the student version for Linux, otherwise the folks at
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>Waterloo made a big goof. My guess is they can sell a lot more $100
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>student versions for Linux, than they will sell of the full unix-like port.
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I think that characterization of the Linux community is incomplete.
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My dad will probably get a copy, and the fact that it exists makes it
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more likely that his department will move to Linux on fast Pentiums
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the next time they switch workstations.
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He oversees department computer resources for a major physical science
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department at a big research university. Budget crunches mean that
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Linux is already very attractive (cheap hardware, even cheaper software ;-)
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and the availability of such things as Maple makes Linux even more so.
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There may yet be a student version of Maple for Linux. The best way
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to ensure that is to write a polite letter to the company.
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A letter that simply says
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1) You are happy to see that Maple has been ported to Linux
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2) You look forward to the availability of a student version
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3) You will buy said student version when it appears
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is all that is required. Linux propaganda and other like stuff
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is probably counterproductive---they've already realized the potential
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for Linux, we just have to get them to take one small baby step beyond
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that.
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RNA
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From: js1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Jiann-Ming Su)
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Subject: Re: P5-90 MHz beats SGI R4000-100MHz.
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 14:33:19 -0500
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In article <2966@nikhefh.nikhef.nl>,
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Andres Kruse <h28@nikhefh.nikhef.nl> wrote:
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>Oh yeah? What about SGIs superb graphics ? What about the fact that you
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>can put 256MB RAM in them (and it works! (have you ever seen a PC
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>with > 64MB?)) ? What about ECC checked memory ? What about a >200MB/sec bus ?
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>What if you want to develop code which runs then in parallel on SGI Challenges ?
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In fact, I have used a SGI Indigo 2 with Extreme graphics with 256MB of RAM
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and a 200MHz processor! Nice. . .Nice.
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Can't beat that huge 21" monitor, either, or was it 19"? Hmm. . .
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Wonder if you can put linux in that thing??? :) :) :)
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From: shteingd@math.ucla.edu (Sam Steingold)
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Subject: 128-256 symbols on my screen - HOW TO?!
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Reply-To: shteingd@math.ucla.edu
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 18:57:18 GMT
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What can be done to tell Linux how to show the 8bit chars on the
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terminal? (cyrillic etc) It wasn't a problem with MS DOS! (Just like the
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shitty MS Windows configure themselves and the configuring of X is such
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a pain!)
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Sam Steingold | Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555
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| e-mail: shteingd@math.ucla.edu
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I would appreciate comments on / corrections of my English from native
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English speakers. Thank You!
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From: trevor@xanax.apana.org.au (Trevor Lampre)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze!
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 08:20:13 +0930
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In article <361m6q$2mt@ns.oar.net>,
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System Administrator <root@jaguar.tigerden.com> wrote:
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>DABOUS@CHIP.FNAL.GOV wrote:
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>: Hello everyone,
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>
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>[ Text deleted]
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>
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>: Said that, I am having problems with telnet an MTU sizes. If I
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>: telnet/ftp to my Linux box from a remote site, I find my sessions _sometimes_
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>: hang up. ifconfig shows that some packets have been dropped. Reading some
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>: documentation, I found out that this is a fragmentation problem that is
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>: being worked on in Net-2E. I choose mtu with different sizes, but I guess
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>: the best that can work for me is 576 (though this still breaks.) I am
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>: running v1.1.48 and using SLIP protocol.
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>
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>: The problem gets much worse and freeze much quicker if you telnet
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>: to your Linux machine, and then from your Linux machine you telnet/ftp to
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>: some other machine.
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>
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>: I've seen this problem being reported several times on Linux
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>: newsgroups, but no one had given an answer to it. I have programming
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>: experiecne and I would like to help in solving it.
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>
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>We have had a similar probem. We are running slip to our internet
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>provider, and intermittantly experience telnet lockups during logins.
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>The system either 1) refuses connections 2) accepts the connection, but
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>just sits 3) provides a login prompt, takes input, and never gives the
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>password prompt (ususally creating a login zombie in the process).
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>
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>This is our singularly most vexing problem. It has been present since
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>the first <1.0 kernel we used (now 1.1.45).
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>
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>Anyone else seeing such behaviour?
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>
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Many have. I have posted twice myself about it and seen at least 5 other
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posts not including this thread. I have never seen a response and my emails
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to other posters has never been answered. It's pissing me off that nobody
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seems to know the answer or have a fix. I've been patching my kernel up
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to 1.1.51 (I think it got worse at .51) as well as rebuilding my daemons.
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I read a few days ago that the next release of the networking code fixes
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a problem that sounds like this but I've seen no followups as to when it
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will be released.
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As the admin of a public access system it is of great concern to me, I've
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had sendmail die for about 2 days before I noticed as well as the other
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problems described. I spend more time now checking/killing/rebooting
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my network stuff than I do giving more value to my users. I might just
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switch to *BSD, at least the network code works.
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Trevor Lampre.
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From: leonard101@aol.com (Leonard101)
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Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 15:28:02 -0400
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In article <1994Sep28.231146.24666@news.vanderbilt.edu>, setzerkl@vvcs
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(Kelly Lee Setzer) writes:
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======snip, snip======
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> A "quickie" distribution of this type would be great for
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> people wanting to see what Linux was all about.
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=====snip, snip=======
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Ahh... more likely what Linux is NOT all about. It is my opinion that the
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average DOG/Windoze user would perceive such a Linux distribution as a
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somewhat brain-dead version of what they are already using.
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-Len
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lbrabant@mdcs1.umassd.edu
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leonard101@aol.com
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From: dror@netcom.com (Oz Dror)
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Subject: SCO COFF lib -> Linux
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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 16:17:38 GMT
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I have some SCO 3.2.2 COFF libraries that I would like to use under Linux
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is there a way to convert these libraries to BSD, so I that can use them under
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linux.
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I remember a few years ago there was something like "rubotassin" that did
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the opposite.
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Any help will be appreciated.
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-Oz
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--
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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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NAME Oz Dror, Los Angeles, California
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SMAIL dror@netcom.com <<Use Linux since 8/15/94>>
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PHONE (213) 874-7978 Fax (213) 874-7965
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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From: gpg109@huxley.anu.edu.au (Gary Paul Gortmaker)
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Subject: Linux chosen in Thailand
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Date: 30 Sep 1994 17:44:29 +1000
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In an article about a TCP/IP training course offered by Thailand's
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National Electronic and Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC) it said
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that the state owned university libraries will be getting Linux
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boxes from NECTEC. The original article was in the Bangkok post.
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(Good luck finding that at your local newsstand.)
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Now who said that Linux was just a hacker's toy? <grin>
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