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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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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_mail13.html#help">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_mail13.html#gen">General Mail</a>
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<center><H3> Help Wanted -- Article Ideas </H3></center>
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Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 18:49:56 -0600 <BR>
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Subject: <B> a reply type thing...</B> <BR>
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From: Glenn E. Satan, <A
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HREF="mailto:insipid@onramp.net">insipid@onramp.net</A><BR>
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<PRE>
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> Subject: Xwindows depth
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> From: James Amendolagine uq274@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
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> I have recently been messing with my x-server, and have managed
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> to get a depth of 16, ie 2^16 colors. This works
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> really nice with Netscape, but some programs (doom, abuse, and
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> other games) wont work with this many colors. Do
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> you know of a fix? I have tried to get X to support multiple
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> depths--to no avail. The man-page suggests that some
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> video cards support multiple depths and some don't. How do I know
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> if mine does.
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> I would really like to see an article on this subject,
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</PRE>
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I would like to say, yes, please someone help.... thought maybe a reply
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would motivate someone a little more to write a article on this.
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(All right a second request for help in this area. Anybody out there
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with suggestions and/or wanting to write an article? --Editor)
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Date: Sun, 01 Dec 1996 00:20:12 +1000 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Quilting and geometry </B> <BR>
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From: Chris Hennessy, <A HREF="mailto:chenness@enterprise.powerup.com.au">
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chenness@enterprise.powerup.com.au </A>
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I liked your comment about quilting being an interest. We tend to forget
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that people have interests outside of computers in general (and linux in
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particular).
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Just like to say thanks for what is obviously an enormous effort you are
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putting into the gazette. I'm new(ish) to linux and I find it a great
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resource, not to say entertaining.
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Has anyone suggested an article on the use of Xresources? As I said I'm
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fairly new and find this a bit confusing... maybe someone would be
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interested in an example or three?
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Oh and with the quilting and geometry ... better make sure its not the
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80x25+1-1 variety.
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Thanks, LG is a lot of work, as well as a lot of fun. And yes, I do have
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a life outside of Linux. Anyone interested in writing about Xresources?
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Thanks for writing. It's always nice to know we are attracting new readers.
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--Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 13:33:26 +0200 (EET) <BR>
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Subject: <B> security issue! </B> <BR>
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From: Arto Repola, <A HREF="mailto:arepola@raahenet.ratol.fi">
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arepola@raahenet.ratol.fi </A><BR>
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Hi there!
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I was wondering that could you write in some Gazette
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something about Linux security...how to improve it,
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how to setup firewall,shadow password systems etc?
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I'm considering to build up my own linux-server and
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i really would like to make it as secure as possible!
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Nothing more this time!
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http://raahenet.ratol.fi/~arepola
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<blockquote> <I>
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(And another great idea for an article. Any takers? --Editor)
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 08:08:06 -0700 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Reader Response </B> <BR>
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From: James Cannon, <A HREF="mailto:cannonj@jads.kirtland.af.mil">
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cannonj@jads.kirtland.af.mil </A><BR>
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Organization: JADS JTF <BR>
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Great Resource,
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I really like the resource Linux offers new users. I have already
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applied a few tricks to my PC. I wish some one would explain how to use
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the GNU C/C++ compiler with Linux. It is a tool resting in my hard
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drive. With commercial compilers, there is a programming environment
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that links libraries automatically. Are there any tricks to command line
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C/C++ programming with Linux?? Stay online!
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James Cannon
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Thanks for the tip. Online is the best place to be. Anyone out there
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got some C++ help for this guy? --Editor)
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 23:27:21 +0000 (GMT) <BR>
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Subject: <B> Linux InfraRed Support </B> <BR>
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From: Hong Kim, <A HREF="mailto:kimh@domp04.adm.intelsat.int">
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kimh@domp04.adm.intelsat.int </A> <BR>
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Hi,
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I have been so far unsuccessful in finding information for InfraRed
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support on Linux.
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I am particularly interested in hooking up Caldera Linux on a Thinkpad 560
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using Extended Systems JetEye Net Plus. Caldera on Thinkpad I can handle
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but the JetEye allows connection to ethernet or token ring networks via IR.
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My searches of Linux Resources page come up negative.
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I have posted to USENET and also emailed any web master that has any mention
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of ThinkPad or IR on their pages. Still no answer.
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Can you help me to find information. If I am successful, I would be
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willing to write an article about it.
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Hong
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(I have sent your question on to Linux Journal's Tech Support Column.
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Answers from this source can be slow as author contacts companys
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involved. Sounds like you have covered all the bases in your search --
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can anyone out there help him?
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If you write the article, I'll be happy to post it in the LG so next
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person who needs this information will have a quicker answer. --Editor)
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 96 13:00:01 MET <BR>
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Subject: <B> Linux networking problem ...</B> <BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:Tauche%fbm%mfh@mfhdvzis.mfh-iserlohn.de">
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Tauche%fbm%mfh@mfhdvzis.mfh-iserlohn.de </A> <BR>
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Hi there,
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First I have to apologize for writing to this address with my problem, but I
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don't no where to search for an answer and university's network is so
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damned slow that surfing through the net searching for an answer makes no fun.
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Another reason is that I've got no access to Usenet... means can't post in
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comp.os.linux.networking... 8-((
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I tried to find a news server near to Germany which allows posting without
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using that damned -> identd <- but found none, may be you know where to find
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a list with (free) news servers ?
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Here's the problem: <BR>
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I want to setup Linux in our University's LAN but ran into problems, because
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the LAN is VINES-IP based so that normal TCP/IP packet drivers won't work.
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The admin says I do need a driver which can tunnel the normal Linux TCP/IP
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packets into those VINES-IP packets, so that they can be send over the LAN to
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that box which has Internet connection....
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Maybe you know if such thing is available and/or where I can get it.
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Or maybe you can give some Email-addresses for asking people which real
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knowledge 'bout Linux (maybe even that of Linus T. himself) and it's drivers.
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Hope you can help me 8-))
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Thanks in advantage <BR>
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Stefan 8-))
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<blockquote> <I>
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(I've sent your problem on to Linux Journal's Technical Support column
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and will post it in Linux Gazette's Mailbag next month. Neither one
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will give you a fast answer.</I>
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<P> <I>
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I did a search of LG, LJ and SSC's Linux Resources using VINES as the
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keyword. I found only one entry from an author's biography. It's old --
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March 1995 -- and the guy was in the marine corp then so may or may not
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be a good address. Anyway here's what it said:<BR>
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"Jon Frievald ... manages Wide Area Network running Banyan VINES. ...
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e-mail to jaf@jaflrn.liii.com"</I>
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<P> <I>
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Anyway you might give him a try for help ideas.</I>
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<P> <I>
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For faster access to LG have you tried any of LG's mirror sites in
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Germany:</I>
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<li><A HREF="http://www.cs.uni-dusseldorf.de/~stein/lg">
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http://www.cs.uni-dusseldorf.de/~stein/lg </A>
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<li><A HREF="http://vina12.va.htw-dresden.de/lg">
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http://vina12.va.htw-dresden.de/lg </A>
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<li><A HREF="http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/lg">
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http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/lg </A>
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</ul>
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<P> <I>
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Please note that mirror sites wont help search time -- all searching is done
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on SSC site. --Editor)
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 20:35:17 -0600 (CST)<BR>
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Subject: <B> Re: Slang Applications for Linux </B> <BR>
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From: Duncan Hill, <A HREF="mailto:dhill@sunbeach.net">dhill@sunbeach.net</A><BR>
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To: Larry Ayers, <A HREF="mailto:layers@vax2.rain.gen.mo.us">
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layers@vax2.rain.gen.mo.us </A> <BR>
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On Sat, 30 Nov 1996, Duncan Hill wrote:
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Greetings. I was reading your article in the Linux Gazette, and thought
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you might be interested to know that Lynx also has its own web site now at: <BR>
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<A HREF="http://lynx.browser.org/">http://lynx.browser.org/ </A> <BR>
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It's up to version 2.6 now, and is rather nice, specially with slang
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included :)
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Duncan Hill, Student of the Barbados Community College
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Thanks for the tip! I really appreciate responses from readers;
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confirms that there are really readers out there! --Larry Ayers)
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Date: Sat, 30 Nov 96 16:42:58 0200 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Linux Gazette </B> <BR>
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From: Paul Beard, <A HREF="mailto:paulb@id.co.zw">paulb@id.co.zw </A> <BR>
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Hello from Zimbabwe.
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Very nice production. Keep up the good work.
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Regards, <BR>
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Paul Beard.
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(Thanks. --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 23:54:38 +0000 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Thanks! </B> <BR>
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From: Russ Spooner, <A HREF="mailto:russ1@rmplc.co.uk">russ1@rmplc.co.uk </A><BR>
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Organization: Kontagx <BR>
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Hi, <BR>
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I have been an avid reader of Linux Gazette since its inception!
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I would just like to say that it has helped me a lot and that I am
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really glad that it has become more regular :-)
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The Image you have developed now has come a long way and it is now one
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of the best organized sites I visit!
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Also I would like to thank you for the link to my site :-) it was a real
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surprise to "see myself up in lights" :)
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Best regards!<BR>
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Russ Spooner, http://www.pssltd.co.uk/kontagx
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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 12:49:12 -0500 <BR>
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Subject: <B> LG Width </B> <BR>
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From: frank haynes, <A HREF="mailto:frank@vatmom.com">frank@vatmom.com </A><BR>
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Organization: The Vatmom Organization <BR>
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Re: LG page width complaint, LG looks great here, and I don't think my window
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is particularly large. Keep up the fine work.
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--Frank, http://www.mindspring.com/~fmh
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<blockquote> <I> (Good to hear. --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 10:30:32 +0000 <BR>
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Subject: <B> LG #12 </B> <BR>
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From: Adam D. Moss. <A
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HREF="mailto:adam@uunet.pipex.com">adam@uunet.pipex.com</A><BR>
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Nice job on the Gazette, as usual. :)
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Adam D. Moss / Consulting
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( :-) --Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 12:55:18 -0800 (PST) <BR>
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Subject: <B> Re: images in tcsh article </B> <BR>
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From: Scott Call, <A HREF="mailto:scall@ccnet.com">scall@ccnet.com</A><BR>
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<P>
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Most of the images in the TCSH article in issue 12 are broken
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-Scott
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<blockquote> <I>
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(You must be looking at one of the mirror sites. I inadvertently left
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those images out of the issue12 tar file that I made for the mirror
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sites. When I discovered it yesterday, I made an update file for the
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mirrors. Unfortunately, I have found that not all the mirrors are
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willing to update LG more than once a month, so my mistakes remain
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until the next month. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for writing.
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--Editor) </I> </blockquote>
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Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 21:21:00 +0600 <BR>
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Subject: <B> 12? why can you make so bad distributive????????????? </B><BR>
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From: Sergey A. Panskih, <A HREF="mailto:serg@cnti.chel.su">serg@cnti.chel.su</A><BR>
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i ftpgeted lg12 and untar.gz it as made with lg11.
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lg11 was read as is: with graphics and so, but lg12... all graphics was
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loosed.
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i've verified hrefs and found out that href was written with principial
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errors : i must copy all it to /images in my httpd server!!!!
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this a pre-alpha version!!!
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i can't do so unfixed products!!!
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i'm sorry, but you forgotten how make a http-ready distrbutions... :)
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Sergey Panskih
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P.S. email me if i'm not true.
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<blockquote> <I>
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(I'm having a little trouble with your English and don't quite understand
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what "all graphics was loosed" means. You shouldn't have to copy anything
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anywhere: what are you copying to /images?</I>
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<P> <I>
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There is one problem I had that may apply to you. Are you throwing away
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previous issues and only getting the current one? If so, I apologize
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most humbly. I was not aware until this month that people were doing this
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and when I made the tar file I included only new files and those that had
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been changed since the last month. To correct this problem I put a new
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tar file on the ftp site called standard_gifs.html. It's not that I've
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forgotten how to make http-ready distributions, it's that I'm just learning
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all the complexities. In the future I will make the tar file to include
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all files needed for the current single issue, whether they were changed
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or not.</I>
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I am very sorry to have caused you such problems and distress. --Editor)
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Date: Mon, 02 Dec 96 18:13:48 <BR>
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Subject: <B> spiral trashes letters </B> <BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:jep@jephill.com">jep@jephill.com </A><BR>
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It's clever and pretty, but the spiral notebook graphic still trashes the
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left edge of letters printed in the issue 12 Mailbag.
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Problem occurs using OS/2's Web Explorer version 1.2 (comes with OS/2 Warp 4.0).
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Problem does NOT occur using Netscape 2.02 for OS/2 beta 2 (the latest beta
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for OS/2).
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Problem occurs even while accessing www.ssc.com/lg
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Jep Hill
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Problem will always occur with versions of either Microsoft Explorer or
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Netscape before 2.0. It is caused by a bug in TABLES that was fixed in
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the 2.0 versions. I don't have access to OS/2's Web Explorer, so I can
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only guess that it's the same problem. I'd recommend always using the latest
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version of your browser. --Editor)
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Date Mon, 9 Dec 1996 10:14:04 -0800 PST <BR>
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Subject: <B> Background </B> <BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:rayvd@shocking.com">rayvd@shocking.com </A> <BR>
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I run at a resolution of 1152x846 (a bit odd I suppose) and although the
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Gazette pages look very nice indeed, it is a bit hard to read when I
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have my Netscape window maximized. The bindings part of the background
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seems to be optimized for a width of 1024 and thus tiles over again on
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the right side of the page. This makes reading a bit difficult as some
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of the text now overlaps the bindings on the far right.
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I'm not sure if that's a great description of the problem, but I can
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easily make you a screenshot if you want to see what I mean.
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<P>
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Anyhow, this is only a minor annoyance--certainly one I'm willing to
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live with in order to read your great 'zine. :)
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<P>
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Ray Van Dolson -=-=- Bludgeon Creations (Web Design) - DALnet #Bludgeon
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-- http://www.shocking.com/~rayvd/
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(Screen shot wont be necessary. When the web master first put the spiral
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out there, the same thing happened to me -- I use a large window too, but not as large
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as yours. He was able to expand it to fix it at that time. I notified him of
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your problem, but not sure if he can expand it even more or not. We'll see.
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Glad it's a problem you can live with. :-) --Editor)
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Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 22:16:55 +0100 (MET) <BR>
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Subject: <B> Problem with Printing.</B> <BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:fm@M1.whitespace.de">fm@M1.whitespace.de</A><BR>
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<P>
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Hi,
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This is just to let you people know, that there might be a slight problem.
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I want to point out and make it perfectly clear that this is NOT a
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complaint. I feel perfectly satisfied with the Linux Gazette as it is.
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<P>
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However sometimes I prefer to have a printed copy to take with me.
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Therefore I used to print the LG. from Netscape. I'm using the new 3.1
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version now. With the last two issues I have difficulties doing so.
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All the pages with this new nice look don't print too well. The graphics
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show up at all the wrong places and only one page is printed on the paper.
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The rest is swallowed. Did you ever try to print it?
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I had to use an ancient copy of Mosaic, that doesn't know anything about
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tables, to print these pages. They don't look too good this way too, and
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never did. I know this old Mosaic is buggy. At least it doesn't swallow
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half of the stuff. This could as well be a bug in Netscape.
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I know next to nothing about html.
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<P>
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Anyway, have fun.<BR>
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Regards Friedhelm
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<blockquote> <I>
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(No, I don't try to print it, but will look into it. Are you printing out
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"The Whole Damn Thing" from the TOC or trying to do it page by page?
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It is out there in multi-file format and so if you print from say the Front Page,
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the front page is all you'll get. "The Whole Damn Thing" is one single file
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containing the whole issue, and the spiral and table stuff are removed so it
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should print out for you okay. Let me know if this is already what you are
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printing, so I'll know where to look for the problem. --Editor)
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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 04:02:37 +0200 <br>
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Subject: <b> Greetings </b><br>
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From: Trucza Csaba, ctrucza@cemc.soroscj.roi <br>
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To: fiskjm@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu <br>
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<p>
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Well, Hi there!
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<p>
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Amazing. I've just read the Linux Gazette from the first issue to this
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one, the 12th (actually I read just the first 7 issues through, because
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the others were not downloaded correctly).
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<p>
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It's 4 in the morning and I'm enthusiastic. I knew Linux was good, I'm
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using it for a year (this is because of the lack of my english grammar,
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I mean the previous sentence, well...), so I knew it was good, but I
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didn't expect to see something so nice like this Gazette.
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<p>
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It's good to see that there are a WHOLE LOT of people with huge will to
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share.
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<p>
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I think we owe You a lot of thanks for starting it.
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<p>
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Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and keep it up!
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<p>
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Trucza Csaba, Romania
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(Thanks, I will. -- Editor)
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Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:16:30 -0800 (PST) <br>
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Subject: <b> lg issue 12 via ftp?</b><br>
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From: schwarz@monet.m.isar.de (Christian Schwarz)
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<p>
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I just saw that issue #12 is out and accessible via WWW, but I can't find
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the file on your ftp server nor on any mirrors.
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<blockquote><i>
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(Sorry for the problems. We changed web servers and I went on vacation.
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Somehow in the web server change, some of the December files got left
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behind. I didn't realize until today that this had happened.
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Sorry for the inconvenience. --Editor)
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</i></blockquote>
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Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:31:45 -0500 <br>
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Subject: <b> Great IDEA </b><br>
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From: Pedro A Cruz, pcruz@panixc.com <br>
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<p>
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Hi:
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<p>
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I visited your site recently and was astounded by the wealth of
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information there.
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I have lots of bandwidth to read your site. I noticed that you have
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issues for download.
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I Think it will be a great service to the LINUX community if you consider
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publishing a CDROM (maybe from walnut creek cdrom) as a subscription
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item.
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<p>
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pedro
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<blockquote><i>
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(Yes, that is a good idea. I'll talk to my publisher about it. --Editor)
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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 20:24:51 -0600 <br>
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Subject: <b>Linux as router </b><br>
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From: Robert Binz, rbinz@swconnect.net <br>
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<p>
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I have found myself trying to learn how to use Linux as a usenet server
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to provide news feeds to people, and to use Linux as a IRC server.
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Information on these topics are hard to come buy. If you have any
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sources on these subjects that you can point me to I would be most
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appreciative.
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<p>
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But any how, I have found an article in SysAdmin (Jan 96 (5.1)) that is
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titled Using Linux as a Router, by johnathon Feldman. Is it possible to
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reprint this article or get the author to write a new one for you?
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<p>
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TIA <br>
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Robert Binz
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<blockquote><i>
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(I'll look into it. In the meantime, I've forwarded your letter to a guy I
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think may be able to help you. --Editor)
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Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 03:57:09 -0500 (EST)<BR>
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Subject: <B> Correction for LG #12 </B> <BR>
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From: Joe Hohertz, jhohertz@golden.net <BR>
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Organization: Golden Triangle On-Line
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<P>
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Noticed the folowing in the News section.
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<P>
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A couple of new Linux Resources sites:
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Seems I had Joe's address wrong. Sorry. --Editor)
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 01:19:43 -0500 <br>
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Subject: <b> One-shot downloads </b><br>
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From: David M. Razler, david.razler@postoffice.worldnet.att.net
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<p>
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Folks:
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<p>
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While I realize that the economies of the LINUX biz require that there
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be some method of making money even on the distribution of free and
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"free" software, I have a request for them of us who 1) are currently
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scraping for the cash for our Internet accounts and 2) would like to try
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LINUX.
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<p>
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How about a one-shot download? I mean, oh, everything needed to
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establish a LINUX system in one ZIP'ed (or tar/gz'd, though zip is a
|
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more compatible format) file, one for each distribution?
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<p>
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I'm currently looking to establish LINUX on my "spare" PC, a 386DX-16
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w/4 meg and a scavenged 2500MB IDE drive, etc. It will be relatively
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slow, limited, lacks a CD-rom drive, but it's free, since the machine is
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currently serving as a paperweight.
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<p>
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I could go out and buy a used CD-rom for the beast, or run a bastard
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connection from my primary, indispensable work machine and buy the CDs.
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But I am currently disabled and spending for these things has to be
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weighed against other expenses (admittedly, I am certainly lucky and not
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destitute, it would just be better)
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<p>
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I could get a web robot and download umpteen little files, puzzle them
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out and put them together, though the load on your server would be
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higher.
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<p>
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Or, under my proposed system, I could download Distribution Code,
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Documents, and Major accessories in one group, then go back for the
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individual bits and pieces I need to build my system.
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<p>
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Again, I realize that running your site costs money, and that people
|
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make money, admirably little money, distributing LINUX on CDs, with the
|
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big bucks (grin) of LINUX coming in non-free software, support and book
|
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sales.
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<p>
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But if the system is to spread, providing a series of one-shot
|
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downloads, possibly available only to individuals (I believe one could
|
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copyright the *package* and require someone downloading to agree to use
|
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it only on a single non-commercial system and not to redistribute, but I
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am not an intellectual properties lawyer), to make life easier for them
|
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of us who need to learn a UNIX-style system and build one on the cheap.
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<p>
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dmr
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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 © 1997 Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. </H5>
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