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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</font></H3></center>
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 13:39:17 -0700<BR>
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From: Michael Vanecek, <A HREF="mailto:webmaster@mjv.com">
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webmaster@mjv.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Blender</B>
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I'd be tickled pink if one of your writers/Linux gurus would take a peek
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at the new 3D development package called Blender and write about it.
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Info can be found at:
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http://www.neogeo.nl/blender.html
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It's still in beta, but appears to be a sharp product and will appeal to
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us graphic artists looking for new tools for Linux.
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Thanks, Mike
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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 16:35:41 -0600<BR>
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From: Phil Reardon, <A HREF="mailto:pcr@pcrt.com">pcr@pcrt.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Article Ideas</B>
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I think a lot of people would be interested in an article on Linux
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related posters, which would have good eye appeal and provide a resource
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to the community for ordering these collectibles. Someone would have to
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locate all of them first, however.
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Date: Sat, 02 May 1998 15:48:04 -0700<BR>
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From: "Joseph Mugerwa", <A HREF="mailto:joe.jtm@mailcity.com">
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joe.jtm@mailcity.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Sound card with radio on it</B>
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I am intending to install Red Hat 5.0 to my 486: PC and my question is that I have
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a ISA sound card (SF16-FMI) with radio on it, it's 100% SB compatible,and has a IDE
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connection on it and it's not PnP will it be able to work and in particular
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the radio please help I enjoy listening to radio
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Joseph
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Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 21:08:35 -0700<BR>
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From: slappy, <A HREF="mailto:slappy@pcisys.ne">
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slappy@pcisys.ne</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Best Linux Motherboard</B>
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Hi. I recently bought a Tyan Turbo AT S1571 motherboard to run my Red
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Hat Linux www server on. The keyboard freaks out when I attempt to
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install Linux. No BIOS update is available. Do you have any
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suggestions as to what motherboard/chip set combinations work well with
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Linux? I have searched and found only generic information, I'm looking
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for something a bit more specific. Intel, ABit, Asus, DFI,
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SuperMicro??? I'm planning on using a 233MHz MMX Pentium.
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Slappy (slappy@pcisys.net)
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Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 12:49:23 +0800<BR>
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From: Guan Yang, <A HREF="mailto:guan@wk.dk">guan@wk.dk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Permissions problem</B>
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After I have tried the 'su' command, all permissions for user accounts
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seem to be gone (Slackware 3.4). When it try to login with a normal user
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account, if says that I don't have permission to execute /bin/bash. I
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have checked, and bash is world readable and world executable.
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 12:46:47 +0200 (MEST)<BR>
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From: Thomas Hotz, <A HREF="mailto:bombur@uni-koblenz.de">
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bombur@uni-koblenz.de</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Help wanted! - PS/2-Intellimouse</B>
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I have just bought a Microsoft Intellimouse, because I thought it was a
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good choice if you must use Windows and can use Linux.
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The Mouse is connected to the PS/2-Mouseport.
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Here is my problem: I want to use the wheel-button as the middle button in
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X, but in xf86config I only have the choice between IntelliMouse or
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PS/2Mouse, there is no combination of both.
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PS/2Mouse will enable the mouse, but the wheelbutton is not recognized,
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the other way the movements of the mouse are not correctly recognized,
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e.g. I cant move the pointer through the middle of the screen. Anybody got a
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solution for this?
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Thomas Hotz
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Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 18:32:20 +0000 (UTC)<BR>
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From: Christopher Butler, <A HREF="mailto:chrisb@sandy.force9.co.uk">
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chrisb@sandy.force9.co.uk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Printer</B>
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I have here an Epson Stylus COLOR 400 printer, and I was wondering if
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I can get one of these beasts to print graphics in Linux (it only does
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text atm).
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I've got Aladdin Ghostscript 3.33 (4/10/1995) currently installed, but
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setting that up was a mystery to me.
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Pointers to HOWTOs would also be welcomed :-)
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Chris Butler
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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 12:12:16 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Randy Shaver, <A HREF="mailto:randy@gconn.net">
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randy@gconn.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>BJ-200e</B>
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I am having a very difficult time setting up my Cannon BJ-200e, has
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anyone been able to configure Linux correctly to print from this?
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Randy Shaver
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Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 17:42:00 +0000<BR>
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From: Patrick Leung, <A HREF="mailto:wt.leung@student.unsw.edu.au">
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wt.leung@student.unsw.edu.au</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Compilation Error with Red Hat 5.0 on Cyrix CPU</B>
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I'm using a Cyrix 6x86 P150+ Machine with 80MB RAM. Everything when I
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compile stuff with the gcc compiler (2.7.2.3) that come with RH5.0, I
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get the error message like "cc1 internal error,signal 11". I know this
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is a bug with Cyrix CPU but does anyone know how to fix it? Please tell
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me.
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Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 19:06:55 +0100<BR>
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From: Andrew Crook, <A HREF="mailto:Andrew@andycrook.demon.co.uk">
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Andrew@andycrook.demon.co.uk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>X and list probs</B>
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I have noticed a real problem with X eg that the fonts listing in Netscape and
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MANY APPS the list goes off the screen and many can not be seen how can i
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stop this problem?
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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:20:26 +0800<BR>
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From: "Felix", <A HREF="mailto:felix@omen.com.au">felix@omen.com.au</A><BR>
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Subject: <B>definitions</B>
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Let me introduce myself, I am Felix. I am _totally_ new to not
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just Linux but computers in general. I have had a computer for the last
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....two years, and in all that time was restricted to the limitations
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Windows puts on me. This is because , like many users, I started with
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the program that came with my setup. Windows is _great_ for someone
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who knows _nothing_ of computers. It is all point and click
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accessible. But like anyone who uses a computer for a while, I have
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come to realize that Windows is not the be all and end all of my
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possibilities. Now I want more. Since I got on the Net, I have
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realized this and found Linux. I am in the process of browsing Linux
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for a grounding in the unfamiliar world of Linux. It is
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................most enlightening.
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One 'problem' I have encountered is strong, complete definitions
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of terms. If I post a list of terms I have heard in the new groups and ask
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for explanations, I get many replies { the Linux community is
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amazingly tolerant of newbies, and help most unselfishly!} but the
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common thread running through them is that each explanation is
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slightly different to the next. While I realize that some of the
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answers I get are subject specific, some definitions seem to vary from
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application to application, even from distribution to distribution.
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Again, I realize that each distribution may focus on different
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capabilities of applications.
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What I want to know is this: Is there a book, magazine, net site
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or whatever that lists in dictionary form properties and definitions
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of Linux?
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Thank you, Felix
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Good books include <I>Linux in a Nutshell</I> from O'Reilly and <I>Linux
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for Dummies Quick Reference</I> from IDG. While it is not specifically for
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Linux, I find <I>UNIX: The Open System's Dictionary</I> from Resolution
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Business press quite useful. --Editor)
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Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 01:42:02 +0900<BR>
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From: Maximo Ramos, <A HREF="mailto:ramos@nuri.net">ramos@nuri.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Deception about Linux</B>
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I wonder why I find so often in many home pages about Linux that it will
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run fine in a 386 with 8 MB RAM, JA!
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Keep in mind that novice end users (like me) who are trying to escape
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from Windows 95 by trying something else, confuse Linux with
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the X Window System.
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Did you try to run Linux and XFree86 in such a machine? Tell people
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the truth!
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Is anyone using X Windows in a 14 inch monitor? It's ugly!
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Today I paid the bill to buy a 17 inch monitor, ouch!!!!
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Again, tell people the truth when you talk about hardware requirements to
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run Linux and X.
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Of course, in some home pages they say that if you want to run the X
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Window System you need a "little bit" more hardware, but what is
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exactly "a little bit"? Come on!
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Why am I writing this? Because I own a 486DX2 with 32MB of RAM, and I
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said myself : Hey, if Linux runs fine in a 386 with 8 MB of RAM,
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running Linux in my computer will feel like having a Pentium! But that
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is not the true. X works good but more slowly than Windows 95,
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even the Internet is slower, incredible!
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So, I request one thing, tell the people (end users) on which hardware
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Linux will run fast (with X Windows included); in my case, I have to buy
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a new computer, at least a Pentium II 233 MHz. I thought MS Windows was the
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only OS hungry resource.
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<P>
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Well, one more thing, any tips to improve the speed of my Internet
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Connection?
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What is the difference between having the PPP support as a module or
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included in the kernel? Which is more recommendable?
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Anyone has successful installed ICQ for JAVA? When I download some
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libraries, which one should I choose? static or dynamic? How do I know
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what is the correspondent to my system?
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By the way, It is Red Hat Linux 5.0. My video card is Cirrus Logic
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clgd5426 with 1 MB.
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Talking about e-mails, I heard about sendmail and so on, but I use
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Netscape for Linux to send and receive e-mails, Which one is
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better? Is sendmail only for servers?
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Please, do I have to buy a new computer anyway?
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cheers, Desperado
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Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 04:04:14 -0400 (EDT)<BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:arunk@m-net.arbornet.org">
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arunk@m-net.arbornet.org</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Serial line overrun</B>
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When I'm downloading on one virtual console and doing something else on
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another (especially accessing the hard disk) I get the message
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'cua1 1 input overrub(s). Why does this happen? What should I do to stop this?
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Please help me. Thanks.
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Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 21:28:53 +0100<BR>
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From: Martin Cannell<A HREF="mailto:martin@cannell.prestel.co.uk">
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martin@cannell.prestel.co.uk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Linux</B>
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Hi, a great magazine.
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A bit advanced for me though. Do you know where to get an
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idea about how to install Linux?
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Try the Linux Installation HOWTO by Eric Raymond:
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<A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO.html">
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http://www.ssc.com/linux/LDP/HOWTO/Installation-HOWTO.html</A>. In fact you
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might want to search around the LDP (Linux Documentation Project) for other
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things of interest to newbies. You might also want to check out some of the
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earlier issues of <I>Linux Gazette</I> and our semi-regular column
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"Clueless at the Prompt" by Mike List. --Editor)
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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 08:03:52 +0000<BR>
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From: Chris Fischer, <A HREF="mailto:protek@brigadoon.com">
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protek@brigadoon.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>BusLogic Support for Linux</B>
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This is just a little FYI for anyone interested in the
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web page for Linux BusLogic support.
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http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/BusLogic.html
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Chris
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Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 09:14:06 +0000<BR>
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From: Lars Hamren, <A HREF="mailto:hamren@sdu.se">
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hamren@sdu.se</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Web Speed</B>
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Your home page just took me 45 seconds to load, mainly due to the nice
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but far too large gifs. I think that the following holds:
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<li>A lot of Linux users are accessing the gazette via modem.
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<li>The typical Linux user is not impressed by a fancy surface,
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but would rather have fast loading pages.
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Lars
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Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 12:02:54 -0400<BR>
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From: "Tim Gray", <A HREF="mailto:timgray@lambdanet.com">
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timgray@lambdanet.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Article on home networking.</B>
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There is one part of the home networking article I strongly disagree
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with.
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"The software and hardware for networking can be expensive."
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10baseT network cards sell for about $14.00USD that work well with
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Linux.. even less if you want the holy grail of a card with actual
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jumpers on it! A hub - 8 port will cost you a whole $60.00USD Buy the
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cheapest you can get your hands on... this will be plenty for a home
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network.
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Now the software...... it comes with your Linux distribution, and win95
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has it built in.... So my network at home...
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4 PC's Win95, 2 servers, 1 router, Full-time Internet connection......
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Less than $300.00 total to network it, including a 1000' spool of
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category 5 cable and a huge bag of connectors.
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and the wall plates were 1.95 each (Cat 3 I don't need 100baseT
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capability) Oh yes, one expensive part.. the connector crimper.... it
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cost 29.95USD one weekend of running wire and a week of fighting with
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windows and VOILA! home network!
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Yes you can get more expensive stuff..... You can spend thousands on a
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hub.. or even more on a switch (A glorified hub) especially if you want
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that gleaming white box that says Cisco networking on it... but it wont
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work any better than the 60 dollar blue thing that has Chinese writing
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on it, not in a home environment. No networking your house is not
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expensive, it's dirt cheap!
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BTW, my servers and router are all Linux machines that were built from
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"junk" computers that were given to me or found in a corporate garbage
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dumpster!
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<P> <HR> <P>
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 17:43:04 +0200 (CEST)<BR>
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From: Rob van der Putten, <A HREF="mailto:rob@sput.sput.dsl.nl">
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rob@sput.sput.dsl.nl</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Modeline for TV</B>
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<P>
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Though I have been using Linux for since 1.2.8, I still discover something
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new every week or so.
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Yesterday I discovered the online version of the <i>Linux Gazette</i> and was
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pleasantly surprised to read the following:
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<blockquote><font color="navy">
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I have shamelessly stolen this from USENET, because I feel this excellent
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information should appear within the Linux Gazette.
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I hope the original author don't mind. :-)
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From: Rob van der Putten
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</font></blockquote>
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I don't mind at all. I just wanted to say that I wrote a html page about
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it:
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http://www.sput.dsl.nl/~rob/tv-x.html
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<P>
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Regards, Rob
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 02:05:22 +0800<BR>
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From: "Kevin Ng", <A HREF="mailto:kng@HK.Super.NET">
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kng@HK.Super.NET</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Swap problem solved! Thanks...</B>
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<P>
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Dear Linux fans,<BR>
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I'd like to say thanks to all who have responded and offered help to the
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swap problem.
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A number of you reminded me that I had to do a mkswap before I can enable
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the swap space with swapon.And now my system is running smoothly, with
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occasional swap.
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Once again thanks to you all. Linux peer support is excellent.
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<P>
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Kevin
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 00:37:34 -0500<BR>
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From: Todd Myers, <A HREF="mailto:tmyers@autobahn.mb.ca">
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tmyers@autobahn.mb.ca</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>good article</B>
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<P>
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I just read the article "Marketing Linux" by Jim Schweizer and
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agree with his points on this subject. Being involved with
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microcomputers for the last 12-14 years I've noticed that each
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successful platform has at least one 'killer app' that launched
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it onto people's desktops...VisiCalc -> AppleII, DTP -> Mac,
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Office Suites -> Windows.
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<P>
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It appears that Linux has ,at present, 2 killer apps to use
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for it's launch point...Apache and Samba. Since Linux is, at
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present, better poised in a server role, these 2 apps are
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beginning to gain Linux it's recognition. The only thing that
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will keep Linux off the desktop is the lack of a standard GUI.
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Though this will change as this is dissected and dealt with
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with the amazing collaboration efforts that I have witnessed
|
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with other Linux-related issues in the past 12 months.
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<P>
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Later, Todd
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Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:40:48 +0100 (WET DST)<BR>
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From: 40334022 Dani Pardo Portas, <A HREF="mailto:dp4022@speedy.udg.es">
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dp4022@speedy.udg.es</A> <BR>
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Subject: <B>Proprietary formats</B>
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||
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<P>
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I just can't stop being fascinated with Issue 18, The Answer Guy where
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the editor talks about proprietary formats. Even now, I often think about
|
||
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the issue of word processors and proprietary formats (BTW, I've started
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learning lout :).
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<P>
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And now that there is so much interesting talk about philosophy of
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computers and programming, I'd just like to point everyone interested to
|
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LG-issue 18:
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<P>
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http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue18/lg_answer18.html (users and
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mounted disks)
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Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 14:44:50 -0500<BR>
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From: Clive Bittlestone, <A HREF="mailto:clyvb@asic.sc.ti.com">clyvb@asic.sc.ti.com</A><BR>
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Subject: <B>Linux in EDA - hot news topic</B>
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<P>
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|
Just in case you had not already heard,
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Linux vs NT is a hot item in my area of the CAE/CAD
|
||
|
industry. Integrated System Design magazine had a
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|
strawman poll last month, and based on the
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||
|
overwhelming response,is organizing a
|
||
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public forum during DAC-week [a big industry
|
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|
conference].
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<P>
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|
<A HREF="http://www.isdmag.com/linuxvsnt.html">
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||
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http://www.isdmag.com/linuxvsnt.html</A>
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||
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<P>
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From what I can tell, NT is being touted as the
|
||
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next OS on PC's [vs solaris/Ultrix/hp-os etc]
|
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Some engineers don't like that and there is some
|
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|
form of pushback.
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<P>
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||
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There is quite a buzz amongst the Linux users
|
||
|
I work with. We hope this will encourage CAD-Vendors
|
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to support Linux !!
|
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<P>
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|
These are my own opinions, and not
|
||
|
those of Texas Instruments.
|
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<P>
|
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Regards, Clive Bittlestone
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 03:38:17 -0700<BR>
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From: Jim Dennis, <A HREF="mailto:jimd@starshine.org">
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jimd@starshine.org</A> <BR>
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||
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Subject: <B>Open Letter Re: Linux on Dell Hardware</B>
|
||
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<P>
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||
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To: Mr. Michael Dell, CEO, Dell Computers
|
||
|
cc: T.R. Reid
|
||
|
Re: Linux on Dell Hardware
|
||
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<P>
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||
|
Dear Mr. Dell,
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<P>
|
||
|
Please forward this to members of your marketing staff.
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||
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<P>
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|
It is with great disappointment that I read comments by one
|
||
|
of your representatives, a Mr. T. R. Reid to the effect that
|
||
|
"none of Dell's customers" use Linux (*).
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<P>
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||
|
This is patently untrue. I have personally administered a number of
|
||
|
Linux servers that were running on Dell Dimension desktops. I have
|
||
|
also often recommended them to my clients, despite the fact that your
|
||
|
company offers no option to unbundle software from the system (software
|
||
|
which is utterly useless for my applications).
|
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<P>
|
||
|
Obviously my advice was misguided. I clearly have failed in my
|
||
|
duty, as a consumer, to provide you with proper feedback --- and this
|
||
|
as resulted in a gross display of ignorance regarding the needs and
|
||
|
preferences of your customers (at least the ones I represent).
|
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<P>
|
||
|
Forthwith I'm retracting all recommendation of your products from
|
||
|
all Starshine's customers where the intent is to use the system
|
||
|
under Linux. I maintain a list of smaller hardware companies
|
||
|
which do provide Linux, FreeBSD, and other alternatives to meet
|
||
|
the needs of their customers.
|
||
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<P>
|
||
|
I'll be recommending VAResearch, PromoX, Telenet, SWT, Apache
|
||
|
Systems, Microway, and many others until you offer your customers
|
||
|
a choice in the software that's bundled with your systems. I
|
||
|
personally consider it a pity since your hardware has never required
|
||
|
any special tweaks or considerations to run with any distribution
|
||
|
of Linux or FreeBSD that I've ever installed on it.
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
This will be posted to a few Linux and FreeBSD venues as an open
|
||
|
letter so that you can be provided with *honest* feedback from
|
||
|
real customers. Hopefully with the co-operation from other
|
||
|
interested parties we can overcome this regrettable failure in
|
||
|
communication. You're comments have underscored the need for
|
||
|
consumers every where to make their requirements and preferences
|
||
|
known --- and we must no longer simply accept the "extra"
|
||
|
and unwanted components that our vendors foist on us.
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
It is time to just say "No!" to software that we'll simply be
|
||
|
replacing.
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
Thank you for your attention to this matter. My apologies for
|
||
|
not providing this feedback sooner.
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
(*) The precise quote was:
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
"I haven't been able to find any examples of customers
|
||
|
requesting Linux"
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
... and it can be read at:
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/inwo/0427/310649.html
|
||
|
<P>
|
||
|
--<BR>
|
||
|
Jim Dennis, consulting@starshine.org<BR>
|
||
|
Proprietor, Starshine Technical Services: http://www.starshine.org/
|
||
|
|
||
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
||
|
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|
||
|
<center>Published in <i>Linux Gazette</i> Issue 29, June 1998</center>
|
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<h5>This page written and maintained by the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>,
|
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<A HREF="mailto: gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A><BR>
|
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Copyright © 1998 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. </H5>
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