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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_mail36.html#help">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</a>
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</font></H3></center>
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 05:04:56 -0800<BR>
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From: "Fields, Aubrey", <A HREF="mailto:Aubrey.Fields@PSS.Boeing.com">
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Aubrey.Fields@PSS.Boeing.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">I have two ideas for articles.</font>
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I am a new user to the Linux community. I have two ideas for articles that I would read, print, and distribute to the other Linux newbees that I know.
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1. PPP using minicom. I have read several articles on using PPP, pppd, minicom and other dialup and networking issues. Being a new, however, I would find it very valuable to read "the definitive new users guide to configuring PPP on Linux". I've gotten a lot of pointers and some advanced tips, but what I'd like to see is how to setup a stand alone Linux 2.0.x machine (Red Hat v4 in my case) for dialing up via PPP using minicom with dhcp and dns provided by an ISP.
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2. basic xfree86 / fvwm95 config tricks. For example, how to change the word "start" on the menu button at the bottom of fvwm95 to ANYTHING else! I kick Bill Gate off my PC for a reason! I don't find it cute, funny, nor reassuring to see the "I want to be windows95 'Start'" button on my Linux machine.
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also, how to use icons, get rid of the "virtual" desktop so that I can see my entire window without scrolling.
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Thank you very much, the Linux Gazette has proven to be a valuable resource!
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--<BR>
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Aubrey
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Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 13:33:11 PST<BR>
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From: David Camara, <A
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HREF="mailto:cpdj2@hotmail.com">cpdj2@hotmail.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">connecting to novell 3.12 servers...</font>
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Hi, I'm trying to connect to netware 3.12 servers. I am using the
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IPX module and ncpfs 2.2.0.7-1 (for Debian 2.0). Now, I don't use
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the auto_primary and auto_interface since a number of old posts
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recommend adding the ipx interface manually.
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I use:
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ipx_interface add -p eth0 802.3 xxxxxxxx
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When I cat /proc/net/ipx_interface:
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Network Node_Address Primary Device Frame_Type
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xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyyyyyy Yes eth0 802.3
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When I try to slist, I get:
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slist: No server found in ncp_open
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</PRE>
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When I try to mount a Novell volume using:
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ncpmount -S <I>server_name</I> -U <I>user_name</I> -V sys /mnt/ncp
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I get:
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ncpmount: No server found when trying to find <I>server_name</I>
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All this as su root... Any ideas? Thanks!
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--<BR>
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David
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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:16:20 -0500 <BR>
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From: Blazek, Daniel, <A HREF="mailto:blazek@globalserve.net">
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blazek@globalserve.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Ethernet</font>
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Which Ethernet cards are compatible with Linux with minimum ease of
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installation, also does the make/model of the hub matter?
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--<BR>
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Dan
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:29:37 +0000<BR>
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From: Tomos Llewelyn, <A HREF="mailto:tml@aber.ac.uk">
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tml@aber.ac.uk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">"Unable to open console..." Why?</font>
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Can anyone tell me why I'm getting this message?
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Trying to boot a 2.0.36 kernel on a PII350 with an ATI Xpert@Play 8Mb
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AGP card. Should I be tweaking the video mode?
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Tom Llewelyn
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 12:46:57 -0500<BR>
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From: Michael Bright <A HREF="mailto:mabright@us.ibm.com">mabright@us.ibm.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Token Ring Errors with SuSE 5.3</font>
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Hi, I would seriously appreciate any help you can give. I had the
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evaluation copy of SuSE 5.3 running fine on this machine. I loaded the full
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version of SuSE 5.3 and the Token ring went south. During install
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everything went fine, including loading the token ring module. I have
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replaced the ibmtr.o module file from a working machine with _no_ change
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in the error. I also checked the /etc/conf.modules file to make sure the
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alias is defined right ( alias tr0 ibmtr.o ) and the options line is right
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( options ibmtr io=0xa20 ). At this point I see two options, reload the
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machine with the eval copy and do an upgrade or recompile the kernel and
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hope for the best.
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initialising tr0
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general protection: 0000
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CPU: 0
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EIP: 0010:[<02816961>]
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EFLAGS: 00010212
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eax: 00000003 ebx: 0009e658 ecx: fffffff7 edx: 00000000
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esi: f000f84d edi: 00000003 ebp: 00000000 esp: 019b7e0c
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ds: 0018 es: 0018 fs: 002b gs: 002b ss: 0018
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Process insmod (pid: 66, process nr: 16, stackpage=019b7000)
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Stack: 0009e658 00000000 00000003 019b7e4c 00000008 0010ca1c 00000003
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00000000
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019b7e4c 019b7e4c 00000003 00000000 0009e658 0010bae1 00000003
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019b7e4c
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001f9b7c fffffff7 00108e00 00000003 00000000 0009e658 ffffff50
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00000018
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Call Trace: [<0010ca1c>] [<0010bae1>] [<0010cb9d>] [<0281694c>]
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[<0010cc10>] [<028183d8>] [<0281668b>]
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[<0281694c>] [<02817bca>] [<028183d8>] [<028178bd>] [<001be7fb>]
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[<028183d8>] [<02818304>] [<028183d3>]
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[<028178ca>] [<028183d8>] [<00115c3c>] [<02817868>] [<028178f0>]
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[<00111748>] [<0011162c>] [<0010a950>]
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[<0010a7c5>]
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Code: 0f b6 56 2f 83 fa 01 0f 84 9e 07 00 00 83 fa 02 0f 85 a9 07
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Aiee, killing interrupt handler
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OS: SuSE 5.3
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Hardware: IBM ISA Auto 16/4 Tokenring adapter.
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Thanks,<BR>
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Michael
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:33:55 -0600<BR>
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From: David Caliguire, <A HREF="mailto:djc@sgi.com">djc@sgi.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Driver for Netflex III card on Linux</font>
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I noticed a question posed to the Gazette about drivers for
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Netflex 3 cards on Compaq on Linux. I have a Compaq with this
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card and would like to know where I could get a driver for this
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card for Linux.......
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Thanks<BR>
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Dave
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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:06:42 -0300<BR>
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From: Saltiel, Hernan Claudio, <A HREF="mailto:hsaltiel@infovia.com.ar">
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hsaltiel@infovia.com.ar</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Help Wanted!!!</font>
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I have a Linux box, with S.u.S.E., and a Lotus Notes server.
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I want to e-mail the status of my workstation to another user that belongs to
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the Notes Network.
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Does anybody know how to do that, or just the concepts to do this?
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Hern´n Claudio Saltiel
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 14:35:20 -0500<BR>
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From: John, <A HREF="mailto:john@maxom.com">john@maxom.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Accounting</font>
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I am looking for some inexpensive Accounting w/Inventory Software that
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will
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run on Linux .
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If you could point me in the right direction I would be greatly thankful
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Thank You<BR>
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John Nelson
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:47:09 +0200<BR>
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From: "tdk001", <A HREF="mailto:tdk001@mweb.co.za">tdk001@mweb.co.za</A>
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<BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Linux and UNIX</font>
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I am a 2nd year computer science student.
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I have looked everywhere for the answer and found only basic answers.
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My question is what exactly is the difference between Linux and UNIX,
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excluding size and speed.
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I would appreciate it if you could just send me a few of the differences.
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Thank you<BR>
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Frans
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:33:42 -0000<BR>
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From: "James Jackson", <A HREF="mailto:james.jackson@3f.co.uk">
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james.jackson@3f.co.uk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Intellimouse</font>
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Does anybody know how to enable the wheel on an Intellimouse under Linux?
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(Red Hat 5.2)
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<P>
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James
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1998 13:53:33 PST<BR>
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From: "Thomas Smith", <A HREF="mailto:highminded015@hotmail.com">
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highminded015@hotmail.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Upgrading Red Hat</font>
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I just installed Red Hat 5.0 and I hear about the newer versions out
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there and I want to upgrade but I don't want to buy a brand new CD or
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download everything and then re-install. I have been to a couple of
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sites and I have found no real help for this at any of them, so could
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you please help me out.
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Thank you.
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Thomas
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 23:20:12 -0800<BR>
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From: Taro Fukunaga, <A HREF="mailto:tarozax@earthlink.net">
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tarozax@earthlink.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">How to get CPU info</font>
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<P>
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I am writing a Tcl/Tk program that prints info about the CPU, memory
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usage, processes, and disk usage of a Linux computer. On problem I have
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is in getting info about the CPU. Because the contents (ie field names)
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of /proc/cpuinfo may vary from one machine (perhaps kernel build is the
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right answer) to the next, I decided to use the program uname. However,
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this also doesn't work well, and simply lists my processor as "unknown".
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I looked at the source code, and "unknown" is the default value for the
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CPU!
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<P>
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So my question is, is there any way to write a program that can get the
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type of CPU on any Linux computer?
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<P>
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Thank you, anyone.
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<P>
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--<BR>
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Taro
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Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 21:19:48 -0600<BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:dcramer@midusa.net">dcramer@midusa.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Does Linux have multimedia support?</font>
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<P>
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I just finished reading Marjorie Richardson's comments about Linux in
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the January '99
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issue of Computer Shopper, and I was wondering if Linux now has, or will
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support
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any of the multimedia formats supported by Windows, such as AVI, JPG,
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WAV, MOV,
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etc? I have looked into some of the basics of the OS, but I have not
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tried to install it.
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Thank you.
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Don Cramer
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 14:03:42 -0500<BR>
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From: Soraia Paz, <A HREF="mailto:spaz@rens.com">spaz@rens.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">LILO Problems</font>
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<P>
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I originally had Windows NT on my PC with some room left for Linux. I
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installed Linux and I set up LILO to boot
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both operating systems. I got into Linux fine but when I tried to get into
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NT it kept on crashing. I tried
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using DOS's fdisk to get rid of Linux but LILO is still there. How can I get
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rid of it?
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--<BR>
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Soraia
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 09:42:23 -0600<BR>
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From: Bill McConnaughey, <A HREF="mailto:mcconnau@biochem.wustl.edu">
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mcconnau@biochem.wustl.edu</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">DB9 serial port</font>
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<P>
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I degraded my floppy disk drive, apparently by doing fdformat with
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inappropriate parameters and/or media. In order to back up my work, I want
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to use minicom or seyon to transfer files over the DB-9 serial port. I can
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get the computers to type to each other, but file transfer protocols
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(xmodem and ymodem) don't work. There is no Kermit in my installation and
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I don't know where to get it. What is the correct wiring for a direct
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connection of the DB-9 com ports on two pc's? How can I transfer files?
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<P>
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--<BR>
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Bill
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:40:15 -0500 (EST)<BR>
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From: <A HREF="mailto:ive.db@usa.com">ive.db@usa.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">HELP</font>
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<P>
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I have a jamicon 36X cd player.
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<P>
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It doesn't work under Linux.
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I tried to install Linux but I failed.
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<P>
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Could you please help me with this.
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I also need to say that you can set my cd-player master,slave and CSEL with a jumper.
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 03:49:21 -0500<BR>
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From: "david marcelle", <A HREF="mailto: marcelle@avana.net">
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marcelle@avana.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Audio-Only CDRs</font>
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<P>
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Do you have for sale or do you know where I can purchase audio-only blank
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CDRs (for my phillips CD recorder) for $4.00 each or less?
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<P>
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Thanks<BR>
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--<BR>
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David
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:15:26 -0500<BR>
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From: "Clayton J. Ramseyer", <A HREF="mailto:cyberzard@earthlink.net">
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cyberzard@earthlink.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">IP Masquerading and related</font>
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<P>
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I am writing this message to you, because I am new to Linux. (I love it
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by the way) Anyway, I have a small LAN setup at home and would like to
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provide access to the Internet for my other machine.
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The HOWTO is a bit confusing when it comes to setting this up.
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If someone could write me with a possible offer for help, I'd surely
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appreciate it.
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The commands I have are probably correct. Yet the HOWTOs don't mention
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which machine these commands are entered on.
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I assume it would be the machine connected to the net.
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<P>
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By the way, I connect with a USR 56K v.90 compatible modem.
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My service provider is earthlink.
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I look forward to your responses.
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Thanks,<BR>
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--<BR>
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CJ
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:05:13 +0530<BR>
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From: "L.V.Gandhi", <A HREF="mailto:lvgandhi@vsnl.com">
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lvgandhi@vsnl.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Netscape help</font>
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<P>
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I have installed NC4.5 for Linux. I could edit preferences both as root and
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an user. Once closed and then restarted I am unable to do that. I am not
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sure from when it happened. It
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may be due improper shutdown due to power outage or hanging of nc after many
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windows are open. I have system PII with 780MB partition for Linux with 64
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MB swap space, 32 MB ram. Is there any easy way to remove an installed
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software and reinstall it in Linux?
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<P>
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--<BR>
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L.V.Gandhi
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Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 23:03:35 +0530<BR>
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From: "L.V.Gandhi", <A HREF="mailto:lvgandhi@vsnl.com">
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lvgandhi@vsnl.com</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">help for microsoft intellimouse</font>
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<P>
|
|
I have installed RH5.0 and upgraded to 5.1. I have Microsoft intellimouse
|
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and logitech super mouse. when I configure mi, the same is not recognized by
|
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Linux and xserver. The same is recognized in win98. But logi mouse is
|
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recognized in both. Any solutions welcome.
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|
<P>
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--<BR>
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L.V.Gandhi
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<a name="gen"></a>
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">General Mail</font></H3></center>
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 13:39:58 -0500<BR>
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From: Brad Gerrard, <A HREF="mailto:bradgerrard@x-stream.co.uk">
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bradgerrard@x-stream.co.uk</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">The Future Of Artificial Intelligence and Linux</font>
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<P>
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|
Can you imagine, 'eureka' you've done it, you're going to make millions
|
|
neigh billions, you've created a programme that gives a computer the
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seeming ability to think.
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<P>
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There it is flashing away 'walking the walk', bezazz it thinks.
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<P>
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Hold on a moment the operating system, no the skeleton of this thinking
|
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machine has crashed.
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<P>
|
|
What say you, shall we change the operating system? Not arf we will.
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<P>
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How about something a little more stable, how about an operating system
|
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that will go for at least a year. Is that to much to ask? One might
|
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well wonder were we not acquainted with the genie in the bottle, yes
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'Linux'.
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<P>
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Linux is gaining in popularity, that makes it commercial, that means
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money, and money means more thinkers are turning their attention towards
|
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it as a viable alternative to some of it's less exciting competition.
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Linux is a stable operating system, freely available, an operating
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system for Man All Born Equal as written in the American constitution,
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yes could this operating system level out the playing field.
|
|
<P>
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Artificial Intelligence requires a very stable platform, and I believe
|
|
that given the limitations of present day hardware, AI requires an
|
|
operating system with a small foot print in order to possibly tackle the
|
|
problem of achieving any potential of new thought, which could possibly
|
|
be termed artificial intelligence in it's true sense. Linux is a Unix
|
|
operating system, it can be and usually is networked, this is a plus
|
|
when it comes to composing an AI operating programme.
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<P>
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The very makeup and variable structure lends it's self to AI.
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|
<P>
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Yes I believe that Linux is an operating system with a bright future.
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<P>
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--<BR>
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Brad
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 13:39:58 -0500<BR>
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From: "Serge E. Hallyn", <A HREF="mailto:hallyn@CS.WM.EDU">
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hallyn@CS.WM.EDU</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">happy hacking keyboard</font>
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<P>
|
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wow. $140 for a keyboard because it has fewer keys? I simply don't think the
|
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arguments in favor make sense - namely that you don't have to reach for any
|
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keys, because you should never need to with other normal keyboards either.
|
|
Let's see:
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<ul>
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<li>control not being next to A should never be a problem for anyone who'd dare
|
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call him/herself a hacker, happy or otherwise - if you can't figure out how to
|
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remap caps lock,...
|
|
<li>escape should not be a problem, since any self-respecting vi user uses
|
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ctrl-[ anyway
|
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<li>backspace: ctrl-h (well, OK, emacs users are out of luck :)
|
|
<li>tab, if it's a really weird keyboard, ctrl-i, though i seldom do that
|
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</ul>
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<P>
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$140. ridiculous.
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<P>
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--<BR>
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serge
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Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 12:28:06 -0600<BR>
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From: Tim Kelley, <A HREF="mailto:tpkelley@winkinc.com">
|
|
tpkelley@winkinc.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Jeremy Dinsel's review of keyboard ...</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
He did not mention something which many people would be very interested
|
|
in knowing - is it a clicking, spring action style keyboard or a
|
|
membrane (mushy) style keyboard?
|
|
<P>
|
|
At that price (~$150), I can't believe it's one of those cheap membrane
|
|
things, but one can never be sure. Actually, at that price, I can't
|
|
believe anyone would buy it, but whatever.
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<P>
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-- <BR>
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Tim
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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 01:32:06 +1000 (GMT)<BR>
|
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From: Norman Widders <A HREF="mailto:winspace@paladincorp.com.au">
|
|
winspace@paladincorp.com.au</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Linux Gazette</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
I just read David Jao's article in Linux Gazette #35 and enjoyed it. He had one
|
|
fact wrong though, he mentioned:
|
|
<blockquote> <font color="navy">
|
|
Currently, a limitation of the UW IMAP server is that a folder cannot
|
|
contain both messages and subfolders.
|
|
</font></blockquote>
|
|
This is not a limitation of the UOW server. It is a limitation of the
|
|
default UNIX mail files... There are other available mailbox types
|
|
available on the UNIX platform that will allow UOW to create
|
|
subfolders... see the release notes with UOW for more info :)
|
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<P>
|
|
--<BR>
|
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Norman
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Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 08:24:43 -0500 (EST)<BR>
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From: Walt Taninatz, <A HREF="mailto:waldo@voicenet.com">
|
|
waldo@voicenet.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Re: Linux Gazette #35</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Thank you for the reminders and for making such a great magazine. The
|
|
content is always useful, interesting and well written.
|
|
<P>
|
|
Best Regards,<BR>
|
|
--<BR>
|
|
Walter
|
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Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 13:52:14 -0800<BR>
|
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From: Jauder Ho, <A HREF="mailto:jauderho@transmeta.com">
|
|
jauderho@transmeta.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Re: IMAP on Linux: A Practical Guide </font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
I have some comments on the article written by David Jao. There are some
|
|
inaccuracies that I need to correct. We use IMAP here and it is indeed
|
|
excellent technology.
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>NS 4.08 is out. NS 4.5 is actually pretty stable when it comes to IMAP
|
|
based
|
|
mail, we have no problems using it.
|
|
<li>By default, imapd uses UNIX spool. This is horrendously inefficient.
|
|
So I am not
|
|
surprised by it crashing over 1000 messages. HOWEVER, if you change the
|
|
mailbox format to something like mbx (Modify the Makefile, change
|
|
unixproto to mbxproto), it can easily handle much more messages and
|
|
allow concurrent access. I have users with
|
|
8000 messages in their in box with not problem.
|
|
<li>Netscape is now beta testing Linux versions of their Messaging and
|
|
Directory servers.
|
|
<li>There is one more way to do IMAP securely and that is to use stunnel
|
|
under IMAP.
|
|
</ul>
|
|
More information about what we do site specific can be found at
|
|
http://www.carumba.com/imap/
|
|
<P>
|
|
--<BR>
|
|
Jauder
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Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 08:46:18 +0100<BR>
|
|
From: "Thomas Diehl", <A HREF="mailto:th.diehl@dtp-service.com">
|
|
th.diehl@dtp-service.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Editor's Choice Awards: Most Desired Port?</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
This is on your "Editor's Choice Awards", esp. the following from your
|
|
article "Most Desired Port--QuarkXPress":
|
|
<blockquote><font color="navy">
|
|
For layout, we must have an MS Windows 95 machine in order to run
|
|
QuarkXPress... We are more than ready to be rid of this albatross and
|
|
have a total Linux shop. Next, like everyone else, we'd like Adobe to
|
|
port all its products to Linux.
|
|
</font></blockquote>
|
|
|
|
I'm a professional DTPer and a Linux user myself. So I would certainly
|
|
like to see the whole Acrobat suite for Linux as well as good font and
|
|
printing solutions from Adobe. And, of course, I don't have anything
|
|
against porting PM, Frame, PShop, Illustrator, or XPress to the penguin
|
|
platform. No doubt about it.
|
|
<P>
|
|
I find it problematic, however, that hardly anybody in the DTP area
|
|
seems to do justice to the fact that there is a complete suite for our
|
|
kind of work coming up just NOW: Corel promised repeatedly to port
|
|
_all_ their DTP programs to Linux: Ventura, Draw, PhotoPaint as well as
|
|
a lot of helpful apps like WordPerfect and their whole Office suite.
|
|
(See eg www.zdnet.co.uk/news/1998/45/ns-6073.html)
|
|
<P>
|
|
This would be an incredible step forward for Linux -- but somehow
|
|
nobody in DTP seems to care. I wonder why?
|
|
<P>
|
|
Of course, I'm fully aware of the bad reputation Corel software has
|
|
among DTPers (and also how much of this they deserved). But I can
|
|
assure you and everybody from daily, first hand experience that the
|
|
situation has incredibly improved over the last years. Today the Corel
|
|
DTP apps brings a wealth of functionality to the users that, as a whole,
|
|
is unmatched by anything I know in this area.
|
|
<P>
|
|
I'm also aware that this will not be enough to make XPress users
|
|
really consider a switch and that they have perfectly good reasons for
|
|
this attitude. But, nevertheless, I would appreciate it VERY much if
|
|
the Corel announcements would at least be taken into account when
|
|
talking about this area. If Corel keep their promise there will be a
|
|
complete publishing suite for Linux very soon. And I would ask
|
|
everybody to spread the good news, esp. those who may be held "opinion
|
|
leaders" by many people out there. I'm sure it would be a real loss for
|
|
everybody if Corel would get second thoughts about their plans because
|
|
of apparent "lack of demand" among professional DTPers.
|
|
<P>
|
|
Just in case you are prepared to look a little more at this I'm
|
|
attaching some more material on the aptness of Corel DTP software.
|
|
<P>
|
|
Kind regards,<BR>
|
|
--<BR>
|
|
Thomas
|
|
<blockquote> <I>
|
|
We use many of Corel's products including Ventura (for book layout).
|
|
Editor's choice is after all my opinion only, but I do know that many
|
|
magazines besides <I>Linux Journal</I> use QuarkXPress for layout.
|
|
--Editor </I> </blockquote>
|
|
|
|
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|
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Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 16:30:53 -0500 <BR>
|
|
From: "Adams, Ranald", <A HREF="mailto:Ranald.Adams@ctny.com">
|
|
Ranald.Adams@ctny.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Compaq</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
There's a lot of this sort of thing on Compaq's forum. Please publish to
|
|
interested parties so that they can become subject to the
|
|
appropriate level of ridicule (in a caring, motivationally productive kind
|
|
of way).
|
|
<blockquote> <font color="navy">
|
|
Topic: Servers - Banyan-Unix Subject: Linux and Compaq Servers From: COMPAQ
|
|
- Robert G
|
|
05/11/98 09:10:13 Compaq now or in the future will not be providing Linux
|
|
drivers. This is because the Linux operating system is a public domain OS.
|
|
There is not a single source of ownership to go to when trying to resolve OS
|
|
issues like there is for SCO Unix and other versions of Unix on the market.
|
|
Because there is no single source for the compiled binary code required to
|
|
install and run the OS there is no way to guarantee driver compatibility
|
|
with all the flavors of Linux.
|
|
</font></blockquote>
|
|
<blockquote> <font color="navy">
|
|
Compaq Engineering has decided that they will not provide or release
|
|
hardware drivers unless they can be fully certified and supported. Since
|
|
Linux does not have a single source manufacture, this is not possible with
|
|
Linux. But you can by all means make a formal request in writing to Compaq
|
|
Engineering concerning your need for Linux drivers. The address is:
|
|
</font></blockquote>
|
|
<blockquote> <font color="navy">
|
|
Compaq Computer Corp. <BR>
|
|
Attn. Engineering Dept. <BR>
|
|
MS. 050702 <BR>
|
|
20555 State Hwy. 249 <BR>
|
|
Houston, TX 77070 b4
|
|
</font></blockquote>
|
|
|
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Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 10:53:00 -0800<BR>
|
|
From: Mike Wiley, <A HREF="mailto:npg@integrityonline.com">
|
|
npg@integrityonline.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Corel Ventura would be best DTP port</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
I agree that Linux needs a DTP program, but the one which should be
|
|
desired is Corel Ventura Publisher, not Quark. CVP version 8 is at least
|
|
one generation ahead of Quark and include many features which we use
|
|
regularly =97 features which are completely absent from Quark. It is
|
|
more powerful and easier to use. From my perspective, Quark shows all
|
|
the signs of product arrogance which arises from having a monopoly, or
|
|
near monopoly, in a field.
|
|
<P>
|
|
Another point: Corel Corp has made a commitment to Linux. Adobe and
|
|
Quark, to my knowledge have not. Why not support those who support you,
|
|
especially when those who support you have the best product?
|
|
<P>
|
|
Just a couple of thoughts...
|
|
<P>
|
|
Sincerely,
|
|
<P>
|
|
--<BR>
|
|
Mike
|
|
<blockquote> <I>
|
|
We support Corel in every way we can, but Quark is more
|
|
suited for our purposes in printing the magazine than is Ventura. Corel's
|
|
NetWinder will be featured on the April <I>Linux Journal</I> cover. --Editor
|
|
</I> </blockquote>
|
|
|
|
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:19:43 -0500<BR>
|
|
From: "Nils Lohner", <A
|
|
HREF="mailto:lohner@debian.org">lohner@debian.org</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Debian Powers 512 Node Cluster into Book of Records</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Over 512 computers were assembled for the CLOWN (CLuster Of Working Nodes)
|
|
system that ran on the night of December 5-6. This cluster used a modified
|
|
version of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (reduced in size to a mere 16
|
|
MB, and boot script modifications) to run a combination of PVM (Parallel
|
|
Virtual Machine) and several application programs. These programs included
|
|
povray (a ray tracing program used to calculate frames for a film), Cactus,
|
|
a program that solves the Einstein Equations, which are ten non-linear joint
|
|
hyperbolic-elliptical partial differential equations. These are used to
|
|
describe Black Holes, Neutron Stars, etc. and are among the most complex in
|
|
the field of mathematical Physics.
|
|
<P>
|
|
For more information, please visit the following sites (mostly in German):
|
|
<P>
|
|
http://www.ccnacht.de/<BR>
|
|
http://www.linux-magazin.de/cluster/<BR>
|
|
http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/1999/01/010/<BR>
|
|
http://europium.oc2.uni-duesseldorf.de/cluster/tech.html
|
|
<P>
|
|
-- <BR>
|
|
Nils
|
|
|
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|
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 02:31:14 -0500<BR>
|
|
From: Paul Iadonisi, <A HREF="mailto:iadonisi@colltech.com">
|
|
iadonisi@colltech.com</A> <BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Re: USENIX LISA Vendor Exhibit trip report</font>
|
|
<blockquote> <font color="navy">
|
|
There were a lot of what I call "Want-Ad" booths to. Collective
|
|
Technologies (formerly Pencom System Administration), Sprint
|
|
Paranet, Fidelity, and several other companies there for sole reason
|
|
of trying to recruit people.
|
|
</font></blockquote>
|
|
Hmmm. I take exception to this. We (Collective Technologies) have many
|
|
reasons for being at LISA. Like any business, we work to get name
|
|
recognition. We want people to know who we are. But we also seek to
|
|
educate our members (look in the rear of the Attendee List for the list by
|
|
company and you will see how many of us went -- I think we have the largest
|
|
number of attendees) and give back to the System Administration community at
|
|
large. Take a look at the Technical Talks and BoFs and you will find four
|
|
events each sponsored by a Collective Technologies member. Five of our
|
|
members also wrote summaries for SANS in the August issue of ;login:.
|
|
<P>
|
|
I hope no one sees this as a marketing message and my intention is not to
|
|
try to sell my company on a Linux mailing list. The point is that we do
|
|
all of this without tootin' our own horn that much. I think reducing our
|
|
booth to a "Want-Ad" type booth is a little unfair. I normally wouldn't
|
|
post a message like this on this list, but couldn't let the '...there for
|
|
sole reason of trying to recruit people...' comment pass, especially since
|
|
we were the first company listed. No ill will, I just wanted to clear that
|
|
up.
|
|
<P>
|
|
-- <BR>
|
|
Paul Iadonisi
|
|
<blockquote> <I>
|
|
You must be clairvoyant! :-) That article is just being posted in this issue. Of
|
|
course, it's on Paul's web site, but to know to send a copy of your letter to me. Wow!
|
|
--Editor </I> </blockquote>
|
|
|
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:09:57 -0500<BR>
|
|
From: Kevin Forge, <A HREF="mailto:forgeltd@usa.net">forgeltd@usa.net</A>
|
|
<BR>
|
|
Subject: <font color="maroon">Quark</font>
|
|
<P>
|
|
Most Desired Port--QuarkXPress
|
|
<P>
|
|
Hate to say it but "BUY A MAC".
|
|
Mind you I don't like the Mac. I don't use a Mac. I don't even
|
|
like the few occasions when I must attempt to repair a Mac ( often
|
|
it's cheaper to ditch it than buy parts ).
|
|
<P>
|
|
All this considered even Microsoft uses Quark on a Mac to do it's
|
|
manuals and stuff. As far as I know a Mac used in this post may
|
|
never crash. Sure Mac OS isn't Linux quality in terms of
|
|
stability but it beets NT.
|
|
<P>
|
|
In the mean time whine for a port ... It may never happen though
|
|
since even the windows port is 1/2 harted, unstable and not
|
|
quite what the printers want ( they all use Macs. )
|
|
<P>
|
|
--<BR>
|
|
Kevin
|
|
<blockquote> <I>
|
|
We started out with a Mac but at that time it wasn't as easy to network a Mac
|
|
with Linux as it now is with Netatalk. So the decision was made to go with
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Windows. It happens. --Editor
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</I> </blockquote>
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:13:56 -0600<BR>
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From: Sam, <A HREF="mailto:myoldkh@earthlink.net">
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myoldkh@earthlink.net</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Sponsorship</font>
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<pre>
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gts global >>myoldkh<< 12-22-98 09:15:32 PM:
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</pre>
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You will be very pleased to know that yesterday I made a credit card order
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on the Web for a copy of the Linux OS from one of your sponsors - Red
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Hat Software.
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<P>
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I support quality web sites and their sponsors! (I am also sick and
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tired of MS Windows crashing my computer all of the time - I think that
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Microsoft writes software about the same way that GM builds cars - I
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know cause I drive a Pontiac lemon!)
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<P>
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--<BR>
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Sam
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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:46:04 -0600 (EST)<BR>
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From: "Michael J. Hammel", <A HREF="mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org">
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mjhammel@graphics-muse.org</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">Logo</font>
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<P>
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<blockquote> <font color="navy">
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From <I>LG</I> Editor:<BR>
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I get at least one letter a month asking that we change the quote in the
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logo to be attributed directly to Gandhi rather than a movie actor, as
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well as ones requesting that the graphic be made smaller.
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What do you think? Is it time to make either of these changes?
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</font></blockquote>
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<P>
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I'll look at making the image smaller, but it may not be till next month.
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I'm still getting things back together at home.
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<P>
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As to the quote, I'll stick to the attribution until someone provides a
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definitive resource that attributes it to Gandhi. I'm fairly certain he
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would have said it, but I don't want to give him the attribution unless I
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can find some other resource to back it up. After all, I only know about
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it because of a movie.
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<P>
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I have no objection to changing it - I just need some other
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definitive attribution to do so.
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<P>
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-- <BR>
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Michael
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:46:13 -0800<BR>
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From: Randy Herrick, <A HREF="mailto:HERRICK@PACBELL.NET">
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HERRICK@PACBELL.NET</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">graphics on title page</font>
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<P>
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Great site, just one thing, I think Tux needs to look like, well, the
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real Tux, in real Tux colors. In the beginning there were several kinds
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of birds from seagulls to penguins, but I think nowadays most everyone
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has adopted the standard Tux penguin that is siting down (looking happy
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from eating herring-as Linus Torvald's put it )in the black and white
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and yellow colors. We need to have a standard logo for Linux, don't you
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think? Thanks for your time. :)
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--<BR>
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Randy
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<blockquote> <I>
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As far as graphics go, I trust Michael's judgment in all things--even the
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way Tux is drawn. --Editor
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 13:38:52 -0600<BR>
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From: Lyno Sullivan, <A HREF="mailto:lls@freedomain.org">
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lls@freedomain.org</A> <BR>
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Subject: <font color="maroon">MPDN - Minnesota Public Digital Network</font>
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<P>
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I would appreciate your support of the following
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initiative. Specifically, I will need the help of
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the free software community during discussions of
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item 4 and the excerpt listed below:
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December 27, 1998<BR>
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The full MPDN announcement may be viewed at:
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http://www.freedomain.org/^lls/free-mn/19981222-mpdn.html
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<P>
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This post constitutes an invitation to join discussions
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concerning the MPDN. Beginning in January, 1999, I will
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present each goal of the MPDN for discussion within
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the MN-NETGOV listserv. If you are a stake holder to
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these goals, please join the listserv.
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<P>
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Anyone can join that listserv by sending an email to
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<P>
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mailto:mn-netgov-subscribe@egroups.com
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<P>
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Members may view past messages, calendars, and other group
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features at:
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<P>
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http://www.egroups.com/list/mn-netgov/
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<P>
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ABSTRACT
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<P>
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In preparation for my requesting Legislative hearings
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in 1999, this article explains my vision of the
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Minnesota Public Digital Network (MPDN), which is:
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<P>
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1) to provide every Minnesota citizen with a
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secure and authenticated email address within
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the mn.us hierarchy,
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<P>
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2) to assure that every citizen can use email
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to dialogue with the elected and the appointed
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offices of government,
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<P>
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3) to assure that every local community has a
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high speed digital network and a repository for
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the creative works and letters of the Minnesota
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people, and
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<P>
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4) to collect the free software tools necessary
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to attain these goals, within the Government
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Information Freedom Toolbox (the GIFT), which will
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be created as a byproduct of Minnesota State
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government's conversion to free software.
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<P>
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EXCERPT
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<P>
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GOAL 1) Effective immediately, freeze (at current
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levels or lower) all spending for non-free, closed
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source, software. Establish a Legislative audit to
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determine the Total Cost of Operation (TCO) costs
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of non-free server and desktop software. Establish
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a cost reduction plan that will result in the
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elimination of spending on non-free software.
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Collect all those monies, identified by the TCO
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analysis, together into a revolving Software
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Freedom Fund, to be administered by the Office
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of Technology. Require that all further purchases
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and upgrades of non-free, closed source server and
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desktop software must be approved by the Minnesota
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Office of Technology's, Information Policy Council
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(IPC). The IPC will be charged to develop a
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statewide model of the MPDN. The IPC will be
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charged to connect every public sector worker in
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Minnesota to the MPDN. Savings within the
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Software Freedom Fund may be spent on writing free
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software. Revenues of the Software Freedom Fund
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must be spent, to endow the creation of free software
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and free content, all of which, must be licensed
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under the GNU General Public License (GPL) or a
|
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suitable copyleft license.
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<P>
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-- <BR>
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Lyno Sullivan
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