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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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The Mailbag!</a> </H2>
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Write the Gazette at <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com"> gazette@ssc.com</A>
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 20:11:37 -0500 (EST)<BR>
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Subject: <B> Re: Linux Gazette Issue 11 </B> <BR>
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From: Elliot Lee, sopwith@cuc.edu <BR>
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Nice job, as always! :-)
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-- Elliot, webmaster@redhat.com
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<blockquote> <I>(Thanks! --Editor)</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 10:49:21 -0600 (CST)<BR>
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Subject: <B>Search Engine </B> <BR>
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From: "Dan Crowson" dcrowson@cms.cmsc.com <BR>
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Organization: CMS Communications, Inc. <BR>
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Hello:
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what kind of search engine are you using for the Linux
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Gazette www server? Is this a linux-based engine?
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Thanks, <BR>
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Dan
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(Nope. It just builds on Linux --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 17:24:30 -0500 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Comments on Issue #11 </B> <BR>
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From: "R. Frank Louden" flouden@fairfield.home.sweet.net <BR>
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I am always glad to see another issue of LG. Thank you for
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taking the time to compose it. One comment I'd like to make
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is the most recent issue (#11) is difficult for me to read
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on the spiral binding background. For me, the text lies over
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close enough to the left edge of the page, and it is almost
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hidden in some parts of the page.
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I may be one of a dying breed but I choose to use Mosaic and
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wish others would consider that MS and Netscape do NOT adhere
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to the HTML specs and are fragmenting the standards. I note
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that NCSA is working on a new version that will provide support
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that is not currently found in the version I use. I am at this
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moment using an unsupported version 2.7b5 (it's kinda buggy)
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but when it works it allows me to see the background you have
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used.
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While whirly-gigs and gewgaws are nice, some of us are still
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not able to upgrade hardware at the whim of the industry and
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need to have some consideration from those who sponsor WWW HTML
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documents. I have accessed pages that are completely illegible
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(with my old Mosaic) and others (with a more up-to-date browser)
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that take prohibitively long times to download. There IS something
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to be said for standards.
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Thanks again for the Gazette! It is great!!!
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(There may be more than one problem here. First off, if you are using a
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mirror site, the problem is my fault. Somehow, when building the tar
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file for the mirror sites, a gif that was integral to the notebook
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motif -- it moved the print away from the spiral -- was left out. I am
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in the process of notifying the mirror site where the missing file can
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be downloaded.</I>
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The notebook spiral was put in using "tables" which is an HTML standard.
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Here at SSC we too believe in following HTML standards. In fact the program
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that we use to push things to the web checks that the HTML conforms. </I>
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I have worried that by adding more graphics we might be causing
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problems with download times. However, we also would like to keep LG
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looking good, so thought we'd add away and see what kind of comments we get.
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So far it's tied. One who likes the spiral and yours against. BTW, if you
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are accessing LG through a mirror site, try the main site and see if it
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does better for you (http://www.ssc.com/lg).</I>
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Glad you like LG, I certainly have fun putting it together. --Editor)
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Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 13:32:44 +1100 <BR>
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Subject: http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/lg/issue11/wkndmech.html <BR>
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From: Ken Yap ken@syd.dit.csiro.au <BR>
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Hi, Like your Linux Gazette, but some GIFs on the page are not
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displaying. Path problem?
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Thanks, <BR>
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Ken
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(John Fisk forwarded your mail to me. In building the tar file for
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the mirror sites some files got left out. I have furnished and
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updated file. Sorry about that. --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 12:09:22 -0700 <BR>
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Subject: <B>XDM Replacement link incorrect </B> <BR>
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From: "Kevin J. Butler" butler@byu.edu <BR>
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Organization: Novell, Inc.<BR>
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In Issue 11 there is an incorrect link.
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On the page:
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http://www.ssc.com/lg/issue11/lg_tips11.html#xdm
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The link currently is:<BR>
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http://www.ssc.com/lg/issue11/alienor.fr/~pierre/index_us.html
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But should be:<BR>
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http://alienor.fr/~pierre/index_us.html
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Thanks for a great 'zine! :-)
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kb
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<blockquote> <I> (Got it fixed. Thanks for letting me know. --Editor)
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 22:35:04 +0200 (EET) <BR>
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Subject: Re: Linux Gazette Issue 11 <BR>
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From: Lialios Dionysios ancient@eexi.gr <BR>
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Hello, this is Dennis from Greece.
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Well this time I managed to download the whole thing so now I have a
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full mirror. The only problem is that I didn't get (or I don't have)
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the searchbtn.gif and the htsearch.cgi that are used for the search
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engine.
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Did I make something wrong or should I have something I don't?
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Thank you in advance.<BR>
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Dennis
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(No, you did nothing wrong. I was so excited to have the search engine, I
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forgot that the mirrors wouldn't have the proper data bases. Since these data
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bases are very big and are for all of the SSC site, we have changed the
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links for the data base so that it always refers back to the SSC site
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rather than a relative address pointing to the mirror site. The updated
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front page file is in the update tar file along with the missing files.
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Let me know if it works for you. --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:01:44 -0800 (PST)<BR>
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Subject: <B> Request </B> <BR>
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From: ivan.m@ieee.udistrital.edu.co (Ivan Mauricio Montenegro)<BR>
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It's the first time I hear about Linux Gazette, I'd want to have all the
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issues, but at the FTP addresses that appear on www.ssc.com have the horrible
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message "Login Error". What could I do?
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Thanks!
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Ivan Mauricio Montenegro <BR>
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IEEE Student Branch, Vice-Chairperson <BR>
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Distrital University, "Francisco Jos de Caldas", Bogota, Colombia <BR>
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(Not sure why you are having a problem. I can tell that others are able
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to download from that address without problem. Are you using your
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browser to point to that address or logging on with anonymous ftp?</I>
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I would suggest using a ftp mirror site that is closer to you.
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Unfortunately, Linux Gazette does not have a mirror site in South
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America at this time. There is one in Mexico which is somewhat closer
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to you than Seattle.</I>
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At any rate if you go to the Mirror Site page
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(http://www.ssc.com/lg/mirrors.html) in Linux Gazette, and use the
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links there to go to one of the ftp sites (ours or one of the
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mirrors), you shouldn't be asked for a login. (I never have been and
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that's why I am a little confused by the message you are getting.)
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Let me know if you continue to have problems, and thanks for writing.
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--Editor)
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Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 21:21:59 -0500 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Great new look </B> <BR>
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From: "Alan L. Waller" alwaller@shore.intercom.net<BR>
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Classy !!!
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Al
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<blockquote> <I> (Thanks! Glad you like it. --Editor)
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Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 11:03:26 -0800 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Thank you </B> <BR>
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From: Innocent Bystander innocent@dopey.4dcomm.com <BR>
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Thank you very, very much for providing LG to people such as I, who
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haven't become Unix gods yet. After reading my first issue, I am now a
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dedicated reader. What can *I* do to assist LG?
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Innocent Bystander, innocent@dopey.4dcomm.com <BR>
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San Diego, CA <BR>
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<blockquote> <I> (Send us your favorite tips and tricks. We love new
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contributors. Other than that tell all your friends about us and
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promote Linux where ever you are. --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:08:08 -0600 (CST) <BR>
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Subject: <B> Re: Great Writing </B> <BR>
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To: "Lowe, Jimmy, D MSGT LGMPD" LOWEJ@SSG.GUNTER.AF.MIL <BR>
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From: "John M. Fisk" fiskjm@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu <BR>
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Hello Jimmy!
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Thanks so much for taking the time to write! I appreciate it. I honestly
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can't take the credit for this -- the kind folks at SSC (and the Linux
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Journal) offered to take over the management of the LG when its
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administrative upkeep just got to be too much. Marjorie Richardson is its
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capable new Editor.
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I've taken the liberty of cc'ing a copy of this to her -- definitely
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deserves a pat on the back.
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Thanks again and Best Wishes,
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John
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On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Lowe, Jimmy, D MSGT LGMPD wrote: <BR>
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> Hello John,<BR>
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><BR>
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> I just wanted to say how glad I am to see the LG is being carried on <BR>
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> in such a fine manner -- during the summer I began to worry a small but <BR>
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> inspiring story was coming to an end. I think your writing is very <BR>
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> entertaining and informative! I really appreciate your work and that of <BR>
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> all the others in the Linux community and others (e.g. FSF). <BR>
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><BR>
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> I hope to give back to this wonderful community of dedicated <BR>
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> hobbiest/computer wizards once I get a little more up-to-speed.<BR>
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> Hope you and your family are well,<BR>
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><BR>
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> Jim Lowe, Montgomery AL <BR>
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(I think John was being a little modest on this one. Jim was obviously
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glad to see John's new Weekend Mechanic column in Linux Gazette. I
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certainly was. Thanks a lot John. --Editor)
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Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 11:30:32 -0500 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Bravo! </B> <BR>
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From: "J.M. Paden" jmpaden@mnsinc.com <BR>
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"The Whole Damn Thing" is most appreciated. Thanks for the response to
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your readers requests.
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Regards,<BR>
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(You're welcome. We do aim to please. --Editor.)
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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 13:41:36 -0800 <BR>
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Subject: <B>Link to other Linux pages </B> <BR>
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From: "J. Hunter Heinlen" dracus@third-wave.com <BR>
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Greetings....
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I've gone through your title page for the Linux Gazette, and could not
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find a link to other Linux pages. Please put a link to page with links
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to other, commonly used Linux pages just below the Mirror sites link,
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and
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ask those that you give links for to provide links to you. This will
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make finding information much easier. Thank you for your time.
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(I'm not sure which are the commonly used Linux pages you'd like to have a
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link for on the LG front page. I have added a link to SSC's Linux Resources
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page at http://www.ssc.com/linux/. Why don't you look at that page and
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see if it has the links you are wanting. Let me know what you think.
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Thanks for writing. --Editor)
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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 08:59:14 -0500br
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Subject: <B>LG width </B> <BR>
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From: Gerr gerr@lag.cts.du.edu <BR>
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Hi there. Just a suggestion about the page (which looks ... wow ...
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compared to before). If you could, however, try to keep it inside of one
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page wide, it would be wonderful. I find myself having to use the arrows
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to see what's on the end of lines on the right hand side of the page..
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-- <BR>
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gerr@weaveworld <BR>
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(Thank you for writing. I didn't realize it was running over. I use a rather
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large window for viewing it myself. The problem seems to be a combination of
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the spiral and the width of the
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text inside the <PRE> tags. Not sure what can be done, but we'll
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look into it. --Editor)
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<h5>This page written and maintained by the Editor of <I>Linux Gazette</I>,
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