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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more lovable!</I>"
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Write the Gazette at <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com"> gazette@ssc.com</A>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_mail14.html#help">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</a>
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<center><H3> Help Wanted -- Article Ideas </H3></center>
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 13:22:54 EST <BR>
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Subject: <B> Linux on Compaq </B> <BR>
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From: afarnsworth@S1.DRC.COM
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Hi,<BR>
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I just received a brand spanking new Compaq Deskpro 6000 with Adaptec
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2940U SCSI card and Compaq Netflex III ethernet card. I think I have the
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SCSI card problem whipped, but how do I find drivers for the Netflex III
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card? I have check the usual places, does it even exist?
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The Compaq Deskpro 6000 is a fairly new
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system out, though Compaq has been building Deskpro's for many years. The
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only problem I have had with them is their proprietary hardware. This is
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usually either their Network cards or their Hard drive controllers
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(usually RAID controllers). Other than that, it's pretty standard.
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Please reply to my email address : afarnsworth@s1.drc.com for I don't have
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the ability to check the gazette often. Thanks.
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Andy Farnsworth, Dynamics Research Corporation <BR>
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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:38:45 +0200 (EET) <BR>
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Subject: Office-tools
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From: J.Hernetkoski, jjjj@zenith.yok.utu.fi
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Hi!
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Could you write an article about these two office-package for Linux:
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<li>Applixware
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<li>StarOffice
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Thanks <BR>
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Jukka Hernetkoski
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<blockquote> <I>
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(An article about StarOffice by Dwight Johnson appeared in issue 9 of
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Linux Gazette. An article about Applixware will be in the April issue
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of Linux Journal. I can probably get permission to run it in LG also, but
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not until that issue of LJ is on the stands. Which means it would also be
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the April issue of LG. Anyone want to do one sooner?--Editor)
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:43:58 -0500 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Linux samba win95 </B> <BR>
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From: nravin@cs.fit.edu
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-I am a system administrator....manages 20 PC's....all running windows95
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-We were running Windows NT server(4.0) in the lab for some time
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Then we realised we had only 10 client access licenses and so were
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forced tp SWITCH to Linux.
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-Linux emulates NT, as you may know
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-I had the CONFIG.POL working perfectly with the NT network.
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-But when I switched to Linux I lost that control. No longer are the
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clients able to access the CONFIG.POL file even though I have kept it in
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the NETLOGON share.
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-Now whosoever uses the PC's(most are novices) play around with the
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settings( of client) and is giving me nightmares, since I cannot lock
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them out.
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-Is there a way out? How can I make the clients read the system
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policies from the CONFIG.POL using Linux server?
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Please help.
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Thanks <BR>
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Neal
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 15:03:07 +0000 <BR>
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Subject: <B> dbms connectivity </B> <BR>
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From: Mike Lewis, mlewis@burly.com
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Hi. I love linux but most of the projects I work on preclude it because
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of a lack of dbms connectivity. None of the major dbms players (Oracle,
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Sybase, Informix, etc.) or 3rd party developers (Intersolv, Visigenic,
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etc.) offer access from a linux client. I've tried a middleware
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solution from Openlink and I guess you could run SCO drivers with
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emulation, assuming you can get your hands on the low-level libraries.
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This seems to be the only thing standing in the way of Linux getting
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business worthy respect. Could you put together a piece on this issue
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and explore the future availability of dbms connectivity from linux?
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Thanks. <BR>
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Mike
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:21:57 -0800 <BR>
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Subject: <B> X Windows & Unix </B> <BR>
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From: Nestor Villalobos, n.villalobos@codetel.net.do
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Hi there! I just got Linux from RedHat and I have been wondering how to do
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Animations in XWindows. I would like a little picture box on the lower
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right hand corner of the screen on startup to start an animation. Is this
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possible? If it is, please email me back with instructions!!! Thanks for
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the help.
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One Unix man to the other,<BR>
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Nestor Villalobos
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<center><H3> General Mail </H3></center>
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Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:24:16 -0700 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Update web link in my article </B> <BR>
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From: Henry Lu, <A HREF="mailto:honglu@rt66.com">honglu@rt66.com </A>
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I have changed my web page (email is unchanged). Can you update my web
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page in the #10 issue, article "setting up a Dynamic web server"?
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<A HREF="http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g625/luxx0024/">
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http://www.tc.umn.edu/nlhome/g625/luxx0024/ </A>
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I got couple of email inquiry about the bad link.
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Henry
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Be happy to fix it up. We like to stay up to date. --Editor)
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 13:20:49 -0700 <BR>
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Subject: <B> C++ Programming w/ Linux </B> <BR>
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From: James Cannon, cannonj@jads.kirtland.af.mil
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Hi,<BR>
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About a month ago I asked about help with C++ programming on Linux. I
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am currently using the Walnut Creek Slackware, kernel 1.3.20. I had a
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hard time getting a simple "Hello World" program to compile. "cc"
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couldn't find the ".h" files like "stdio.h", which are normally in
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/usr/include. I had to create a "$INCLUDE" variable in my ".profile".
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So, when compiling, I used "g++ -I $INCLUDE -o hello hello.c" to
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compile.
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Well, I received help via e-mail pointing me to this page:<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/slackware-fixes/3.0-fixes.html">
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phttp://www.cuug.ab.ca:8001/~barkers/slackware-fixes/3.0-fixes.html </A>
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Look for the section titled: Problem Using G++.
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Great mag!
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James Cannon, http://www.jads.abq.com/
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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:36:39 -0800 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Color Depths in X </B> <BR>
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From: Chris Spiegel, <A
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HREF="mailto:matrix@wolfenet.com">matrix@wolfenet.com</A>
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(RE: Color depths in X)
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Well, I know this isn't really a fix, and it's not that great, but I
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have 2 scripts. startx which starts me in 16 bit color and start8,
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which starts in 8 bit. As I said, not a solution, but a pretty painless
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alternative...
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Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 17:14:19 -0500 (EST) <BR>
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Subject: <B>Further note about the spiral notebook page design.</B><BR>
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From: Ben Boule, bouleb@rpi.edu
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Someone else noted that his web browser didn't correctly show the spiral
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notebook background. I use Netscape, so that isn't a problem for me, but
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I do have another problem with the background. It's very hard to look at
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on an interlaced display. I can always switch to a non-interlaced mode
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in XFree86, but I'd bet some people can't. I know that the interlaced
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mode that I use looks fine on 99.99% of web pages, so it usually isn't a
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problem for me.
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Thanks,<BR>
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Ben Boule
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Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 13:42:25 -0600 <BR>
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Subject: <B> RE: Linux networking problem with VINES </B><BR>
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From: Jack N. Gallemore, jgallemore@okokc.ang.af.mil <BR>
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To: Stephen, Tauche%fbm%mfh@mfhdvzis.mfh-iserlohn.de <BR>
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Unfortunately, Banyan is a pretty tight (read: won't work with much) OS,
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so you are pretty limited. There is a way for Linux to sign onto
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Banyan, but you have to use DOSEMU.60.1. The later versions will not
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work. (Disclaimer: I have not used the patch for dosemu.60.4). If you
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have not used DOSEMU, the setup is fairly straightforward.
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As for using Linux as a resource, you will have to use IP stuff (ftp,
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telnet, etc) to do so. There are no ports for Linux<->Banyan stuff.
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BTW, Jon is still doing Linux and Banyan. His site
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(http://www.netmind.com) is running Linux! Check it out!
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Jack N. Gallemore
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jgallemore@okokc.ang.af.mil
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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 97 16:12:00 PST <BR>
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Subject: <B> Vines IP and TCP/IP </B> <BR>
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From: Denis Dimick, ddimick@irvine.ddddf.com
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Back on Dec 5, 1996 Stefan wrote wanting help with Vines. <BR>
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**************************************************************
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Stefan the problem you're having sounds like the Vines Servers are not passing
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TCP/IP.. By default Banyan Vines doesn't pass route TCP/IP thru the servers.
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You have to have the TCP/IP option installed on all the servers your going
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to route thru. This option cost $$$ about $1200.00 US if I remember
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correctly. So there's p[robally a good chance your school didn't buy this
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option...
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Vines doesn't have anything that will cause IP to tunnel via Vines IP.. So
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your only chance might be to get access to the same segment that the
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internet is running off of... But it sounds like your sysadmin is using the
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Banyan Server as the gateway to the internet, if this is the case your out
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of luck...
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Since I've worked with Banyan Vines for the last 7 years, I'm sorry to say
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you might not be able to set up the Linux Box on the internet routing thru
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your Banyan Servers...
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Denis, dgdimick@sure.net
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Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 11:49:18 -0700 <BR>
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Subject: <B> Linux Applications and Utilities Page </B> <BR>
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From: David Puryear, <A HREF="mailto:dayear@market1.com">
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dayear@market1.com</A>
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Hi, <BR>
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I came across Linux Applications and Utilities Page while I was learning
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about linux. It helped me get the feel for what is able in linux.
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<a href="http://www.xnet.com/%7Eblatura/linapps.shtml">
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http://www.xnet.com/%7Eblatura/linapps.shtml</a>
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The guy that maintains it is Bill Latura. I hope people will get good
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use out of it and maybe help it become even more complete:)
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David
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(We found it too; see News Bytes. --Editor)
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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 06:06:09 -0800 <BR>
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Subject: <B> isssue 8 & ftp server </B><BR>
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From: Rick Lim, rick_lim@bc.sympatico.ca <BR>
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Hi there, <BR>
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thanks for hosting the gazette.
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Is there a way of just downloading the
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text of each issue?
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I have downloaded LinuxGazette_jan97.tar.gz
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and it seems that issue8.txt is missing.
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also I have tried to ftp LinuxGazette_dec96.tar.gz
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but after 1770k of 2751k the server seemingly
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goes into ignore mode, this has happened about
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5 times.
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Thanks again <BR>
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rick
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<blockquote> <I>
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(Don't know why you are having trouble ftp'ing LinuxGazette_dec96.tar.gz,
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but can tell you that you have LinuxGazette_jan97.tar.gz you have
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everything that is in dec96. We took over LG for issue 9, so there is no
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file issue8.txt or 1 to 7 either. We use Lynx to save the HTML as text.
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Perhaps we'll do it for 1-8 one day when we have time. --Editor)
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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:00:35 -0600 <BR>
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Subject: <B> suggestion </B> <BR>
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From: dave Stephens, <A HREF="mailto:ts@fuzzy4u.com">ts@fuzzy4u.com</A>
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can you put some thing in each week for the new linux ueser
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the newbe things
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thank you <BR>
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Dave
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(LG is posted once a month not weekly. All the material in LG is contributed
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to me by outside authors. I take whatever I get. A lot of it is geared
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toward the newbee, and this month we have a new column called
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"Clueless At the Prompt" by Mike List that is designed for the newbee.
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Sounds like just what you are looking for. --Editor)
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