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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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<li><a HREF="#help">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</a>
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<li><a HREF="#gen">General Mail</a>
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</font></H3></center>
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Answers to these questions should be sent directly to the e-mail address of
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the inquirer with or without a copy to gazette@ssc.com. Answers that are
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copied to <I>LG</I> will be printed in the next issue in the Tips column.
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<A HREF=../faq/index.html><I>Linux Gazette</I> FAQ</A> to see if it has been
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Sun, 05 Sep 1999 04:09:46 PDT
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<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:javafun@excite.com">javafun@excite.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: Linux in Algeria
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<P> I would like to thank all people who replied to me
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<P> I am a third world LINUX user, in my country there is only windoze as
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an OS, none know about the advantages of LINUX, now I am going to set up a
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web site about LINUX
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so help me please, any printed magazine, books, free cd-rom
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will be a great help.
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actually my video card is an SIS 5597 so please if any one who can send me a
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free LINUX distribution( especially RH 6 it's easy to install, I have
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RH5.1)with XFREE86 3.3.1 to support my video card.
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<P> sorry for my silly english, and keep the good work
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<P> friendly mimoune
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<P> my address is:<BR>
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MR djouallah mimoune<BR>
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ENTP garidi, vieux kouba algiers cp 05600<BR>
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algeria.
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Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:18:59 -0400
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<BR>From: Jim Bruer <<A HREF="mailto:jbruer@flashcom.net">jbruer@flashcom.net></A>
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<BR>Subject: Postfix article
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<P> I just installed Postfix on Suse 6.1. It seems a much easier mailer to
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install than any of the others I've read about in your recent issues (which
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were great btw). There is an active newsgroup and the author of the program
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responds VERY fast to stupid newbie questions. I speak from experience : )
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From debian newsgroup postings it appears that Postfix is going to become their
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standard. Check it out, I'd love to see an article on it since I'm trying to
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move beyond the newbie stage and really understand this whole mail business.
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Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:00:49 +0200 (CEST)
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<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:chimbis@skjoldebrand.org">chimbis@skjoldebrand.org></A>
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<BR>Subject: VPN and Firewall with Linux
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<P> Hi,
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<P> We are considering investing in a firewall and VPN for our network at
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work (a 3rd world aid organisation). We haven't deemed it necessary
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until now when we will upgrade to Novell Netware 5 which is mainly
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TCP/IP-based.
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We have funds for investing in Novell BorderManager as well.
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<P> However, we have been talking about having our own DNS server as well
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as firewall. Also we would like to be able to connect our offices
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around the world to the network by VPN. BorderManager has all these
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facilities but for a price. Is there some comprehensive Linux source
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(written, on-line, software) about these issues. Even a list of HOWTOs
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would be OK.
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<P> TIA,<BR>
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Martin Sjödebrand
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[Would somebody like to write an article about connecting several local
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networks securely over the Internet? There must be some <I>Gazette</I>
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readers who have such a network running in their office. -Ed.]
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 22:24:11 -0700
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<BR>From: Lic. Manuel Nivar <<A HREF="mailto:mm.guzman@codetel.net.do">mm.guzman@codetel.net.do></A>
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<BR>Subject: Descompiler
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<P> Hi, My name is Manuel Nivar I dont know how to install a script for
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irc.chat because I don know how to descompiler. Please Help me.
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<P> <STRONG>The <I>Linux Gazette</I> Editor wrote:</STRONG>
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<P> Hi. This will be published in the October <I>Gazette</I>. I don't use
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IRC, so I'm afraid I can't personally offer any suggestions. What does
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"descompiler" mean? Do you mean you can't compile the program?
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<P> <STRONG>Manuel replied:</STRONG>
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<P> Yes I dont know how to descompiler<BR>
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[I'm still hoping somebody will write some articles about IRC. It is
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certainly a popular topic among <I>Gazette</I> readers. -Ed.]
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Thu, 02 Sep 1999 00:48:42 -0400
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<BR>From: Leslie Joyce <<A HREF="mailto:blumagic@bellatlantic.net">blumagic@bellatlantic.net></A>
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<BR>Subject: Printing lines of black
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<P> Hi,
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<P> As a newbie to linux,I am having a several problems
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with getting linux to work properly,mainly now,
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I am having a problem with my printer HP 693C.
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I can print, but on every line of copy(words)after the
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sentence ends,I get a line of solid black .As I am dual
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booting and my printer works in Win95,I am thinking
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this is a linux driver problem.I am using the 550 C driver.
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I am using Caldera 2.2 I used the graphical interface to
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install the printer .
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Any thoughts,guesses or ideas as to where to go
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to find a solution?
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<P> Thanks for your time and help<BR>
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Les.................
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:30:24 +1000
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<BR>From: Binjala <<A HREF="mailto:binjala@hinet.net.au">binjala@hinet.net.au></A>
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<BR>Subject: Winmodems
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<P> It wasn't until I had my own version of MS Windoze -albeit someone else
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has the registration, disc etc- that I realised how much I'd like to use
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something else... the I was shown linux, so Ive got RedHat, but now I
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find I've got Winmodem, Eagle 1740 AGP VGA Card, and Creative Labs Sound
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Blaster PCI64. I realise the modem sucks, where can I find if the others
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are compatible? Are they compatible? Can you recommend a replacement
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56K modem? The guy who built this box for me has never used Linux, so
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he's not very useful. Help!
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<P> Simon.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Any modem except a winmodem should work fine. If it says it works
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with DOS and/or Macintosh as well as Windows, it should be OK.
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<P> See the
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<A HREF=http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-20.html>
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Hardware Compatibility HOWTO</A> for details.
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<P> An index of all the HOWTOs is at
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<A HREF=http://www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html#ss3.1>
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www.ssc.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX-3.html#ss3.1</A> -Ed.]
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Fri, 03 Sep 1999 12:44:59 +0800
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<BR>From: Jeff Bhavnanie <<A HREF="mailto:jeff@c-a-s-h.com">jeff@c-a-s-h.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: compling network driver.
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<P> I've got the source code for my network card (SiS900), when I issue the
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compile command as described in the docs, i get no errors and the *.o file is
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created. When I issue 'insmod sis900.o' i get a list of errors. I'm a
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complete newbie at compiling things.
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<P> Can anyone else compile the source into object file for me? I'm running Mandrake
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6.0.
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<P> Thanks<BR>
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Jeff
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Fri, 03 Sep 1999 11:06:14 +0000
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<BR>From: Pepijn Schmitz <<A HREF="mailto:p.schmitz@xpuntx.nl">p.schmitz@xpuntx.nl></A>
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<BR>Subject: Help: printing problem.
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<P> Hi,
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<P> I'm having trouble getting a Solaris box to print on my Linux print
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server. The Linux box has a printer set up that prints to a Netware
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network printer. This works, I can print from Netscape, Star Office,
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etc. I've set up a network printer on a Solaris 7 machine that prints to
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this machine. This also works, for text files. But when I try to print a
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page from Netscape, nothing happens, and the following appears in my
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messages file (maas is my Linux machine with the Netware printer,
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amazone.xpuntx.nl is the Solaris machine):
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Sep 3 12:55:18 maas lpd[9788]: amazone.xpuntx.nl requests recvjob lp
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Sep 3 12:55:18 maas lpd[9788]: tfA001amazone.xpuntx.nl: File exists
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Sep 3 12:55:18 maas lpd[9789]: amazone.xpuntx.nl requests recvjob lp
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Sep 3 12:55:18 maas lpd[9789]: tfA001amazone.xpuntx.nl: File exists
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<P> This repeats itself every minute. I checked, and the
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tfA001amazone.xpuntx.nl file really does not exist anywhere on my
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system. There is a cfA001amazone.xpuntx.nl file in /var/spool/lpd/lp
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however, and if I remove this file the next time around it says this in
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the messages file:
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<PRE>
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Sep 3 13:00:27 maas lpd[9854]: amazone.xpuntx.nl requests recvjob lp
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Sep 3 13:00:27 maas lpd[9855]: amazone.xpuntx.nl requests recvjob lp
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Sep 3 13:00:27 maas lpd[9855]: readfile: : illegal path name: File
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exists
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</PRE>
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<P> This happens once. The next minute the four lines I gave earlier
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reappear, and the cfA001amazone.xpuntx.nl file has reappeared.
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<P> I hope someone can help me out here, this has got me stumped! Thanks in
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advance for anyone who can shed some light...
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<P> Regards,<BR>
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Pepijn Schmitz
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:36:57 -0400 (EDT)
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<BR>From: Tim <<A HREF="mailto:ice@bigfoot.com">ice@bigfoot.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: 2gig file size limit?
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<P> Greetings,<BR>
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I have a box on my network running RedHat 6.0 (x86) that is going to be
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used primarily for backing up large database files. These files are
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presently 25 gigs in size. While attempting a backup over Samba, I
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realized that the file system would not allow me to write a file > 2gig to
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disk. I tried using an large file system patch for kernel 2.2.9, but that
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only allowed me to write 16 gigs, and it seemed buggy when it was doing
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that even. Doing an 'ls -l' would show me that the file size of the backup
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was about 4 gig, but the total blocks in the directory with no other files
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there indicated a much higher number like so:
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[root@backup ]# ls -l
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total 16909071
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-rwxr--r-- 1 ntuser ntuser 4294967295 Sep 2 19:45 file.DAT
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<P> I am well aware that a 64 bit system would be the best solution at this
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point, but unfortunately i do not have those resources. I know BSDi can
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write files this big, as well as NT on 32 bit systems.. i am left
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wondering, why can't linux?
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<P> Thanks in advance.<BR>
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-Tim
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 18:03:22 +0200
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<BR>From: Service Data <<A HREF="mailto:basciuv@tin.it">basciuv@tin.it></A>
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<BR>Subject: Linux.
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<P> È possibile sapere qual'è l'ultima versione di linux in
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comercio? È possibile che sia uscita la versione 6.2?
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<P> Attendo Vs. risposta Grazie.
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[Hi. Sorry, I don't speak Italian. "Linux" technically refers only to
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the kernel. The kernel is at version 2.2.12. We track the kernel
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version on the <I>Linux Journal</I> home page,
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<A HREF=http://www.linuxjournal.com>www.linuxjournal.com</A>.
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The original site is <A HREF=http://www.kernel.org>www.kernel.org</A>.
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<P> The distribution you buy in a store contains not just the Linux
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kernel, but a lot of software from a lot of sources. Each distribution
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has its own numbering system. RedHat is at 6.0. SuSE just released
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6.2. The other distributions have other numbers. We list the versions
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of the major distributions at www.linuxjournal.com, "How to Get Linux".
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<P> There are Italian speakers who read the <I>Gazette</I>; perhaps
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they can give a better answer than this. -Ed.]
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Sat, 4 Sep 1999 08:35:51 +0530
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<BR>From: A.PADMANARAYANAN <<A HREF="mailto:semco@vsnl.com">semco@vsnl.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: Reading Linux partitions from NT
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<P> Dear sir,
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can you please tell me how can i access linux partitions from windows NT
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or 98?
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is it possible? please help me or point me to any resources man pages or
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URLs i will work on it!
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<P>Thanks in advance!<BR>
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sincerely<BR>
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Vijay<BR>
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Pune, India
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[There is a Windows 95 tool to do this, but I have forgotten its name.
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It wasn't in a very advanced stage the last time I looked at it.
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It would be easier to go the other way and have Linux mount your
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Windows partitions and copy the files there so that Windows can see
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them. Run "man mount" for details. -Ed.]
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Sat, 4 Sep 1999 21:40:47 +0530
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<BR>From: Joseph Bill E.V <<A HREF="mailto:bill@md4.vsnl.net.in">bill@md4.vsnl.net.in></A>
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<BR>Subject: Chat server
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<P> Dear sir,<BR>
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Is there any chat server for linux users to share their views
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<P> Regards,<BR>
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Bill
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Sat, 11 Sep 1999 12:55:54 -0600
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<BR>From: Daniel Silverman <<A HREF="mailto:argent@mcn.net">argent@mcn.net></A>
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<BR>Subject: Linux Internet forums
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<P> Do you know of any Linux internet forums? If you do, I will be very
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grateful for their urls.
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Sun, 05 Sep 1999 02:34:41 -0300
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<BR>From: Erik Fleischer <<A HREF="mailto:ferik@iname.com">ferik@iname.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: How to prevent remote logins as root
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<P> For security reasons, I would like to make it impossible for anyone
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logging in remotely (via telnet etc.) to log in as root, but so far
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haven't been able to figure out how to do that. Any suggestions?
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Sun, 5 Sep 1999 23:27:16 +0200
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<BR>From: =?iso-8859-2?B?TWljaGGzIE4u?= <<A HREF="mailto:sundayk@poczta.onet.pl">sundayk@poczta.onet.pl></A>
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<BR>Subject: When RIVA TNT 2 drivers for XWindows ?
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<P> When XWindows will work properly with vga's with chipset RIVA TNT 2 ?
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When I'm trying to use RIVA TNT there are only 16 colors and
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very,very poor resolution.
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Mon, 6 Sep 1999 01:40:38 +0200
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<BR>From: Per Nyberg <<A HREF="mailto:per.nyberg@alfa.telenordia.se">per.nyberg@alfa.telenordia.se></A>
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<BR>Subject: Mandrake
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<P> Hi,
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Im thinking of changing to Linux and I will buy Mandrake Linux.
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Is Red Hat better or is it a good idea of buying Mandrake?
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Sun, 05 Sep 1999 19:24:28 -0600
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<BR>From: Dale Snider <<A HREF="mailto:dsnider@nmia.com">dsnider@nmia.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: neighbour table overflow
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<P> I was running quite a long time with NFS and transmission stopped. I
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get:
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<PRE>
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Sep 6 00:03:20 coyote kernel: eth0: trigger_send() called with the
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transmitter busy.
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</PRE>
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<P> I rebooted the machine I was connected to and I get the below (part of
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/var/log/messages file. Not all error statements shown):
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<PRE>
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Sep 6 17:57:04 beartooth kernel: neighbour table overflow
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Sep 6 17:57:04 beartooth kernel: neighbour table overflow
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Sep 6 17:57:04 beartooth rpc.statd: Cannot register service: RPC:
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Unable to send; errno = No buffer space available
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Sep 6 17:57:04 beartooth nfs: rpc.statd startup succeeded
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Sep 6 17:57:04 beartooth rpc.statd[407]: unable to register (SM_PROG,
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SM_VERS, udp).l:
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</PRE>
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df gives:
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<PRE>
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Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
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/dev/hda2 792800 628216 123619 84% /
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/dev/hda1 819056 369696 449360 45% /NT
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/dev/hda4 7925082 4892717 2621503 65% /home
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</PRE>
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<P> I can't find a reference to this error.
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<P> Using RH 6.0 on Intel Pentium III 500 Mhz.
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<P> Cheers<BR>
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Dale
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Mon, 06 Sep 1999 02:17:37 +0000
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<BR>From: Patrick Dunn <<A HREF="mailto:patdunn@dreamscape.com">patdunn@dreamscape.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: Parallel Port Scanners and Canon BJC-2000
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<P> I have two questions...
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<P> 1)Does anyone have a driver written to work with Parallel port
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scanners? I have one of these dastardly things that I wish I didn't buy
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but the price was too good to pass up. It's a UMAX Astra 1220P.
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<P> 2)I have recently picked up a Canon BJC-2000 inkjet printer and it will
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print in B&W under Linux using the BJC-600/4000 driver under Ghostscript
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5.10 (Mandrake Distro 6.0). Is there a native driver in the works?
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Color printing under this printer can be problematic.
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<P> Thanks,
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Pat
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Tue, 07 Sep 1999 21:59:49 -0500
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<BR>From: balou <<A HREF="mailto:bigidiot4672@yahoo.com">bigidiot4672@yahoo.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: shell programming
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<P> Could you point me to a good source for shell programming. I would
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prefer to find something off the internet taht's free. I've tried
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multiple web searches, but usually just come up with book reviews and
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advertisements.... If there are no free resources on the web, which
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book would you recommend for a relatively novice at Linux with
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experience in basic, logo, fortran, pascal, and the usual msdos stuff.
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<P> <HR> <P>
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:35:04 +0700
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<BR>From: Ruangvith Tantibhaedhyangkul <<A HREF="mailto:ruangvith@linuxfan.com">ruangvith@linuxfan.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: Configure X to work with Intel 810 chipset
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<P> Hi again,
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<P> I just bought a new computer. It has an "on-board" video card, Intel
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810 chipset, or somewhat like that. I couldn't configure X to work with
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this type of card. First, I let Linux probed, it failed. Then I looked
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at the list, of course, it wasn't there. Then I tried an unlisted card
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and configured it as a general svga, it still failed.
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What to do now?
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Wed, 8 Sep 1999 16:57:17 +0200
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<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:rakeshm@za.ibm.com">rakeshm@za.ibm.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: Internet connection problem !
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<P> Hi all
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<P> I hope someone can lend some advise ...
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<P> I have a PII 350 Mhz box with 64 MB ram running RH 6.0. I am using KDE as a
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wm and am trying to set up a RELIABLE connection to my ISP. I am using a
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ZOLTRIX (Rockwell) 56K modem, and kppp to dial in to my ISP.
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<P> My problem is that my I can never connect consistently.. in other words
|
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today it works fine but tomorrow it will throw me out ... It seems to dial in
|
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fine but when it tries to 'authenticate' my ID and password it bombs out ! It
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connects fine every time if I boot into Windoze 98.
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<P> Does anyone have any ideas as to why this might be happening ?
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<P> Thanks in advance<BR>
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Regards<BR>
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|
Rakesh Mistry
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:28:07 +1000
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<BR>From: Les Skrzyniarz <<A HREF="mailto:leselec@alphalink.com.au">leselec@alphalink.com.au></A>
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<BR>Subject: Loading HTML back ssuse
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<P> Iam using win98 IE5 and when Itry to load the complete issues eg.Issue 42
|
|
it stops loading at some random point on the page, and as such I can not save
|
|
the complete issues(some not all) even when I come back to it agin at a later
|
|
time the problem persists. The problem is not at my end as I do not have this
|
|
problem with any other page on the internet.Can you offer a reason for this or
|
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a solution.
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<P> Thanks<BR>
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|
Les.S
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|
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</BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
|
|
<P>[Hi. This will be published in the October <I>Gazette</I>, and
|
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we'll see if any other readers are having the same problem. I have not
|
|
heard any other complaints about this so far. I have not
|
|
used Win98 or IE5, so I can't suggest anything directly.
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|
|
|
<P> Which site are you reading the Gazette at? Can you try another
|
|
mirror?
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|
|
|
<P> You can try downloading the Gazette via FTP and reading it locally.
|
|
See <A HREF=ftp://www.ssc.com/pub/lg/README>
|
|
ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/README</A> for details.
|
|
|
|
<P> It may be related to the size of the file and a misconfigured
|
|
router on the network between us and you. issue45.html is 428K.
|
|
Are any of the other pages you visit that big? -Ed.]
|
|
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:32:21 -0500
|
|
<BR>From: root <<A HREF="mailto:eddie@infored.com.mx">eddie@infored.com.mx></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: (no subject)
|
|
|
|
<P> Hi!
|
|
I have a question for you... Is there an utility like fsck but for
|
|
Macintosh HFS File systems?
|
|
I want to recover a damaged one due to power supply problems.
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:32:21 -0500
|
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<BR>From: root <<A HREF="mailto:eddie@infored.com.mx">eddie@infored.com.mx></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: (no subject)
|
|
|
|
<P> Hi!
|
|
I have a question for you... Is there an utility like fsck but for
|
|
Macintosh HFS File systems?
|
|
I want to recover a damaged one due to power supply problems.
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<P> <HR> <P>
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:22:31 -0700
|
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<BR>From: MaxAttack <<A HREF="mailto:maxmpd@zip.com.au">maxmpd@zip.com.au></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: Re: hello
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|
|
<P> I was looking into CS software for linux, And one of the tools i was
|
|
looking into was software to graph the internet its etc map out the
|
|
registerd users on the arpnet.
|
|
I was woundering if u happend to have any infomation in any of your
|
|
magazines on this topic
|
|
|
|
<P> <STRONG>The <I>Linux Gazette</I> Editor wrote:</STRONG>
|
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|
|
<P> No, I don't know of any such software.
|
|
|
|
<P> What is it you wish to do? Find out who is on each computer?
|
|
The Internet doesn't really have a concept of "registered user", because
|
|
the concept of "What is a user?" was never defined Internet-wide.
|
|
|
|
<P> In any case, you'd have to poll every box to find out what it thinks its
|
|
current user is. But this identity has no real meaning outside the local
|
|
network. For Windoze boxes it may be totally meaningless, because users
|
|
can set it to anything they want. And how would you even find the boxes
|
|
in the first place? Do a random poll of an IP range? That sounds like
|
|
Evil marketoid or cracking activity. In any case, if the machines are
|
|
behind dynamic IPs, as is common with ISPs nowadays, there's no guarantee
|
|
you'll ever be able to find a certain machine again even if you did find
|
|
it once.
|
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|
|
|
|
<P> <STRONG>Manuel replied:</STRONG>
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|
|
<P> i was thinking of just pinging all the registerd users at some DNS
|
|
databases over a period of time. And using some software to create a graphical
|
|
user interface for it, or such.
|
|
|
|
<P> <STRONG>The <I>Linux Gazette</I> Editor asked:</STRONG>
|
|
|
|
<P> Are you talking about a network analyzing program like those products that
|
|
show an icon in red or page the system administrator if a computer goes down?
|
|
|
|
<P> I assume by "user" you mean a particular machine rather than a user-person,
|
|
since the DNS doesn't track the latter.
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|
|
<P> <STRONG>Manuel replied:</STRONG>
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|
|
<P> hehe sorry for the confusion what i was trying to pass on what the notion
|
|
of a software that allows u to track out all the registed Boxes on the internet
|
|
and graph them into a nice graphical picture. so it looks something like this
|
|
hopefully this diagram helps:
|
|
|
|
<PRE>
|
|
|---------------|
|
|
| InterNIC |
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| |
|
|
|---------------|
|
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|
|
/ \
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|
/ \
|
|
/ \
|
|
|
|
|---------------| |---------|
|
|
| linuxstart.com| | blah. |
|
|
| | | com |
|
|
|---------------| |---------|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|---------------|
|
|
| */Any Sub |
|
|
| Domain |
|
|
|---------------|
|
|
</PRE>
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<P> <HR> <P>
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|
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:19:10 -0400
|
|
<BR>From: William M. Collins <<A HREF="mailto:bcollins@aug.com">bcollins@aug.com></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: HP Colorado 5GB
|
|
|
|
<P> Using Red Hat 5.2
|
|
|
|
<P> I purchased a HP Colorado 5GB tape drive on reccomendation of a friend. He
|
|
helped install RH 5.2. And using a program on the system named Arkeia
|
|
configured the Colorado from this program. This friend has moved from the
|
|
area.
|
|
|
|
<P> My questions are:
|
|
<OL>
|
|
<LI> How do I get to this program ?
|
|
<LI> How do I backup the configuration in the event of emergency ?
|
|
</OL>
|
|
|
|
<P> Thanks<BR>
|
|
Bill
|
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|
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
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Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:56:39 +0800
|
|
<BR>From: a <<A HREF="mailto:leeway@tonghua.com.cn">leeway@tonghua.com.cn></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: program that play Video Compact Disk (VCD)
|
|
|
|
<P> i have RH 5.1. Is there any program that play Video Compact Disk (VCD)?
|
|
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|
<P> <HR> <P>
|
|
<!--====================================================================-->
|
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:34:14 -0400
|
|
<BR>From: madhater <<A HREF="mailto:madhater@rochester.rr.com">madhater@rochester.rr.com></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: ahhhhh i heard that
|
|
|
|
<P> linux will run out of space in 2026 cause of some bs about that i counts
|
|
in units and the hard drive will be filled
|
|
this is not true .... right!
|
|
|
|
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
|
|
[No. Linux, like most Unixes, has a "Year 2032 problem" (I forget the
|
|
exact year) because the system clock counts the seconds since January
|
|
1, 1970, and that number will overflow a 32-bit integer sometime in the
|
|
2020s or 2030s.
|
|
|
|
<P> People generally assume we will all have moved to 64-bit machines
|
|
by then, which have a 64-bit integer and thus won't overflow until some
|
|
astronomical time thousands of years from now. If 32-bit machines are
|
|
still common then, expect some patches to the kernel and libraries to
|
|
cover the situation. (People will have to check their database storage
|
|
formats too, of course.)
|
|
|
|
<P> I have never heard of any time-specific problems regarding i-nodes
|
|
and disk space. A Unix filesystem has both a limit of the amount of
|
|
data it can hold and the number of files it can contain. The number of
|
|
files is the same as the number of i-nodes, which is fixed at format
|
|
(mkfs) time. Run "df -i" to see what percentage of i-nodes are used.
|
|
Every file and directory (including every symbolic link) uses one
|
|
i-node. (Hard links to the same file share the i-node.) For normal
|
|
use it's never a problem. However, if you have a huge number of tiny
|
|
files (as on a high-volume mail or news server), it may be worth
|
|
formatting the partition with a larger-than-usual number of i-nodes.
|
|
None of this has anything to do with the year, though. -Ed.]
|
|
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
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|
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 21:54:30 -0700
|
|
<BR>From: Ramanathan Prabakaran <<A HREF="mailto:rampraba@one.net.au">rampraba@one.net.au></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: run-time error on cplusplus programme
|
|
|
|
<P> I have edited the sourcecode on windows Notepad, compiled on cygwin32 and
|
|
run the programme. The source code contains fstream class. It is about file
|
|
input/output. I have created the input file on the same windows notepad. But
|
|
the programme does not open or read the contents of the infut file.
|
|
|
|
<P> Help please
|
|
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
|
|
[I haven't quite gotten to the point of banning Windoze questions in
|
|
the Mailbag because it's hovering at only one or two per issue. But
|
|
I'm starting to think about it.
|
|
|
|
<P> However, I do want to support the use of free/open source compilers
|
|
on Windows, especially since the Cygnus ones are (ahem) "our"
|
|
compilers. Are there any better forums for Cygnus-on-Windoze to refer
|
|
people to? -Ed.]
|
|
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
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|
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|
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Sun, 19 Sep 1999 20:12:47 +0200
|
|
<BR>From: David Le Page <<A HREF="mailto:david@e-mg.co.za">david@e-mg.co.za></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: Making Linux talk to an NT network
|
|
|
|
<P> I want to get Linux running on my PC at work, and talking to the NT network
|
|
for file sharing and printer use. Okay, okay, I know the theory -- get samba up
|
|
and running, read the manual, and make it all happen. But I'm not a networking
|
|
guru, and I'm battling to understand samba. And everything I read about it
|
|
seems to be focused on gettings Win machines talking to Samba servers, not the
|
|
other way around. Can anyone tell me, in 10 Easy Steps, how to get this done?
|
|
|
|
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|
<P> <HR> <P>
|
|
<!--====================================================================-->
|
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 17:35:23 -0400
|
|
<BR>From: Mahesh Jagannath <<A HREF="mailto:mjaganna@us.oracle.com">mjaganna@us.oracle.com></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: Netscape and Java
|
|
|
|
<P> I am running Netscape Comm 4.51 on Red Hat Linux 6.0. It crashes
|
|
invariably if I load a site with any Java applet etc. Is there something
|
|
I am missing or is this a known bug?
|
|
|
|
<P> Mahesh
|
|
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|
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|
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:48:35 -0500
|
|
<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:qed@tigernet.missouri.org">qed@tigernet.missouri.org></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: Modem noises
|
|
|
|
<P> Hi Folks,
|
|
|
|
<P> I know this is a nitpick, but for reasons I won't go into, it's keeping
|
|
me from using Linux as much as I might. Is there a way to divert the
|
|
modem noises to /dev/null ? Hearing them was a help when I was debugging
|
|
my connection, but now it's just a disturbance.
|
|
|
|
<P> Thanks,<BR>
|
|
Jerry Boyd
|
|
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
|
|
[Add "L0M0" to your modem's initialization string. One of these sets
|
|
the volume to zero; the other says never turn on the speaker. (Of
|
|
course I forget which is which, which is why I set both. Can you
|
|
believe how many whiches are in that last sentence?) If there is no
|
|
existing initialization string, use "ATL0M0" + newline. Each modem
|
|
program will need this put into its configuration file. For PPP, this
|
|
would be in your chatscript.
|
|
|
|
<P> I use "L1M1", which means (1) low speaker volume, (2) turn the
|
|
speaker on only after dialing and off when the connection either
|
|
succeeds or fails. -Ed.]
|
|
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
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|
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<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|
Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:44:19 GMT
|
|
<BR>From: raghu ram <<A HREF="mailto:tunkey@hotmail.com">tunkey@hotmail.com></A>
|
|
<BR>Subject: help
|
|
|
|
<P> sir,
|
|
I am using apache web server on Linux machine.
|
|
|
|
<P> My problem is logrotation,to rotatelogs we should have config file
|
|
given below
|
|
|
|
<PRE>
|
|
/var/log/messages {
|
|
rotate 5ge.
|
|
weekly
|
|
postrotate
|
|
/sbin/killall -HUP syslogd
|
|
endscript
|
|
}
|
|
</PRE>
|
|
|
|
<P> config is over,but my problems is where should be setup.
|
|
|
|
<P>please help me<BR>
|
|
Thanks<BR>
|
|
<P> Raghu
|
|
|
|
<P> <STRONG>The <I>Linux Gazette</I> Editor wrote:</STRONG>
|
|
|
|
<P> I don't understand what the problem is. What does "where should be
|
|
setup" mean?
|
|
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<P> I don't known how to run the configfile?.
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<BR>From: neeti <<A HREF="mailto:neeti@amsoftindia.com">neeti@amsoftindia.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: linux 6.2 compatible scsi adapters
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<P> will somebody pl. tell me the list of SCSI adapters compatible to SUSE
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lINUX 6.2
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<BR>From: De Miguel, Guillermo <<A HREF="mailto:guillermo.de.miguel@sap.com">guillermo.de.miguel@sap.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: Package to install...
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<P> Hello everybody,
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<P> I have in my notebook installed RedHat 6.0 in a partition of 800Mb with
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several
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products installed. As you can suppose, I had to restrict the installation
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of a lot
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of packages due to I do not have to much free hard disk space. Sometimes, I
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am working with my
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installation, I have problems due to my Linux does not find some file(s).
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The question is, does somebody know a way to find the package where a file
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which is not installed is?. I know that there is a option in the rpm command
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to find the package a file belongs to. However, that file has in the hdd.
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Has anybody help me ?
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<BR>From: Alessandro Magni <<A HREF="mailto:magni@omega.ien.it">magni@omega.ien.it></A>
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<BR>Subject: Imagemap
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<P> In the need to define hotspots on some images in HTML documents,
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I found a total lack of programs for Linux that enable you
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to accomplish this task.
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Alessandro
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<center><H3><font color="maroon">General Mail</font></H3></center>
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Wed, 01 Sep 1999 13:13:02 -0700
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<BR>From: Jim Dennis <<A HREF="mailto:jimd@starshine.org">jimd@starshine.org></A>
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<BR>Subject: Freedom from UCITA: Free Software
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<P> In response to Ed Foster's many recent gripes about the UCITA and
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the risks associated with some proprietary software licensing.
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<P> I'm sure he's heard it before but Freedom from the threat of
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UCITA is only as far away as your local free software mirror site
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(FTP and/or web based). Linux, FreeBSD (and its brethren) have
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licenses without any such traps(*).
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<P> * (I've appended a brief note on the two most common
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software licenses to forestall any argument that
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they DO contain "such traps.")
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<P> If the quality of Linux and other free software didn't speak
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for itself, the UCITA would be an incentive for its adoption.
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<P> It's as though the major commercial software publishers are in
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their death throes and intent on getting in one last bite, kick
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or scratch at their customers.
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<P> I'm not saying that free software and the open source movement
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is poised to wipe out proprietary software. For most free
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software enthusiasts the intent is to provide alternatives.
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<P> Ironically it seems as though the major proprietary software
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interests will obliterate themselves. The UCITA that they
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propose may pass and become the fulfillment of some modern
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Greek tragedy.
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<P> I just hope that free software enthusiasts can provide the
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improvements and new, free products that may become unavailable
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if the commercial software industry annihilates itself.
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<P> There's much work to be done.
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<P> ----------------------- Appendix -----------------------------
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<P> Some software is distributed in binary form free of charge. Some
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proprietary software is distributed with the source code
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available, but encumbered by a license that limits the production
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of "derivative works." Those are not commonly referred to as
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"free software" or "open source" by computing professionals and
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technical enthusiasts.
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<P> However, "free software with open source" permits free use and
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distribution and includes source code and a license/copyright
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that specifically permits the creation and distribution of
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"derivative works" without imposition of licensing fees,
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royalties, etc.
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<P> That, of course is a simplification. There are extensive debates
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on USENet and other technical fora about the exact nature and
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definition of the terms "free software" and "open source."
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<P> However, that is the gist of it.
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<P> There are two major license groups for "free/open source"
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software: BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) and GPL (GNU Public
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License).
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<P> The BSD license was created by the Regents of the University of
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California at Berkeley. It was orginally applied to a set of
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patches and software utilities to UNIX (which was then owned by
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AT&T). Since then the BSD license has been applied to many
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software packages by many people and organizations that are wholly
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unconnected to UC Berkeley. It is the license under which Apache,
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and FreeBSD are available.
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<P> The BSD license permits derivative works, even closed source
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commercial and proprietary ones. Its principle requirements are
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the inclusion of a copyright notice and a set of disclaimers
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(disclaiming warranty and endorsement by the original authors of
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the software). Many advocates consider it to be the "free-est"
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license short of complete and utter abandonment (true public
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domain).
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<P> The GPL is somewhat more complicated. It was created by the
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Free Software Foundation (FSF), which was founded by Richard
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M. Stallman (a software visionary with a religous fervor and a
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following to match).
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<P> The terms of the GPL which cause misunderstandings and debate
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revolve around a requirement that "derivative works" be
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available under the same licensing terms as their "source"
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(progenitors?).
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<P> This is referred to as the "viral nature" of the GPL.
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<P> Conceptually if I "merge" the sources to two programs, one which
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was under the GPL and another which was "mine" then I'm required
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to release the sources to my software when I release/distribute
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the derivative.
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<P> That's the part that causes controversy. It's often played up as
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some sort of "trap" into which unwary software developers will
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be pulled.
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<P> One misconception is that I have to release my work when I use
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GPL software. That's absurd, pure FUD! I can use GNU EMACS (a
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GPL editor) and gcc (a popular GPL compiler) to write any
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software I like. I can release that software under any license
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I like. The use of the tools to create a package doesn't make
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it a "derivative work." Another more subtle misconception is
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that I'd be forced to release the sources to any little patch
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that I made to a package. If I make a patch, or a complex
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derived work, but only use it within my own organization, then
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I'm not required to release it. The license only requires
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the release of sources if I choose to "DISTRIBUTE" my
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derivative.
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<P> One last misconception. I don't have to distribute my GPL
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software free of charge. I can charge whatever I like for it.
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The GPL merely means that I can't prevent others from
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distributing it for free, that I must release the sources and
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that I must allow further derivation.
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<P> The FSF has developed an extensive suite of tools. Their GNU
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project intends to create a completely "free" operating system.
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They provided the core "tool chain" that allowed Linus Torvalds
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and his collaborators to develop Linux. That suite is released
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under the GPL. Many other software packages by many other authors
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are also released under the GPL.
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<P> Indeed, although the Linux kernel is not a "derived work" and
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its developers are unaffiliated with the FSF (as a group) it is
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licensed under the GPL.
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<P> There are a number of derivative and variations of these
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licenses. Some of them may contain subtle problems and
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conflicts. However, the intent of the authors is generally
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clear. Even with the worst problems in "free" and "open
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source" software licenses, there is far less risk to consumers
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who use that software than there is from any software released
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under proprietary licenses that might be enforced via the
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UCITA.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Jim, you get the award for the first Mailbag letter with an
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Appendix.
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<P> There is an
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<A HREF=http://www.linuxjournal.com/articles/currents/005.html>
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article about UCITA</A> on the </EM>Linux Journal</EM> web site, which
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contains an overview of UCITA's potential consequences, as well
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as a parody of what would happen if UCITA were applied to the auto
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industry. -Ed.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:32:58 +0200
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<BR>From: niklaus <<A HREF="mailto:peter.niklaus@t-online.de">peter.niklaus@t-online.de></A>
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<BR>Subject: gazette #45 - article on java
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<P> Hey, what's about that buggy article on JDE on linux - i receive nothing
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more than an floating point error ?!?
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<P> PN
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Fri, 3 Sep 1999 19:16:19 +0200
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<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:jh.terstegge@gmx.de">jh.terstegge@gmx.de></A>
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<BR>Subject: Re: Ooops, your page(s) formats less-optimum when viewed in Opera
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<P> Hi Guys at Linux Gazette.
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<P> This mail responds to Bjorn Eriksson's mail in issue #45 / General
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Mail: SV: Ooops, your page(s) formats less-optimum when viewed
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in Opera (http://www.operasoftware.com/).
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<P> I have the same problem in my Opera. I tested it with Opera 3.1,
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3.5 and 3.6 on Windows and the alpha release for BeOS, but every
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time the same problem.
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This is my solution for the problem:
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When defining this:
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<TD ROWSPAN="3" WIDTH="2" BGCOLOR="#000000"
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NOSAVE><IMG SRC="../gx/hammel/cleardot.gif" ALT="indent"
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HSPACE=1 HEIGHT=1 WIDTH=1></TD>
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you use the tag option WIDTH="2" If you change it to WIDTH="1%"
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it looks better.
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<P> Jan-Hendrik Terstegge
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[I tried his advice, and another Opera user said it worked. -Ed.]
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Thu, 02 Sep 1999 13:44:53 -0700
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<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:dstevens@bulkley.net">dstevens@bulkley.net></A>
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<BR>Subject: misspelling
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<P> This month's linux gazette contains what is for my money the most hideous
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misspelling ever to appear in your pages. The article "Stripping and
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Mirroring RAID under RedHat 6.0" clearly does NOT refer to an attempt to
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remove any apparel whatsoever from our favorite distro. STRIP is to
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undress, STRIPE is to make a thin line, RAID does not concern itself with
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haberdashery or nudity.
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<P> Dave Stevens
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<P> <STRONG>The <I>Linux Gazette</I> Editor writes:</STRONG>
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<P> OK, fixed.
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<P> P.S. STRIP is also used in electronics, when you scrape the
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insulation off wires.
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<P> <STRONG>Mark Nielsen adds:</STRONG>
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<P> Oops!<BR>
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Sorry!<BR>
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Thanks!
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<P> I used ispell to check the spelling, dang, it doesn't help when the word
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you mispell is in the dictionary.
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<P> Mark
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Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:46:22 +0200 (CEST)
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<BR>From: =?iso-8859-1?q?seigi=20seigi?= <<A HREF="mailto:seigi1999@yahoo.fr">seigi1999@yahoo.fr></A>
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<BR>Subject: <I>Linux Gazette</I> in French
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<P> Bonjour
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<P> Je voudrai savoir si votre magazine existe en francais
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sinon ou si vous connaissiez un magazine en francais
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qui parle de Linux
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<P> Merci d avance
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[There are two French versions listed on the <A HREF=../mirrors.html>
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mirrors</A> page, one in Canada and one in France. There used to be a third
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version, but it no longer exists. A company wrote me and said they
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are working on a commercial translation as well, although I have not
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heard that it's available yet.
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Mon, 20 Sep 1999 08:59:40 -0400
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<BR>From: Gaibor, Pepe (Pepe) <<A HREF="mailto:gaibor@lucent.com">gaibor@lucent.com></A>
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<BR>Subject: What is the latest?
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<P> With great interest I got into and perused Linux Gazette. Any new stuff
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beyond April 1997? and if so where is it.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[You're reading it. :)
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<P> If the site you usually read at appears to be out of date, check
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the main site at <A HREF=http://www.linuxgazette.com>
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www.linuxgazette.com</A>. Ed.]
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Wed, 22 Sep 1999 9:21:17 EDT
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<BR>From: Dunx <<A HREF="mailto:dunx@dunx.org">dunx@dunx.org></A>
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<BR>Subject: Encyclopaedia Galactica != Foundation
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<P> Re: September 99 Linux Gazzette, Linux Homour piece -
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<P> Liked the operating
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systems airlines joke, but surely the footnote about the Encyclopaedia
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Galactica is in error? The only EC I know is the competitor work to the Hitch
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Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy in Douglas Adams' novels, radio and TV shows, and
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coputer games.
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<P> Cheers.
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Thu, 23 Sep 1999 17:26:30 +0800
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<BR>From: Phil Steege <<A HREF="mailto:psteege@tpg.com.au">psteege@tpg.com.au></A>
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<BR>Subject: Linux Gazette Archives CDROM
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<P> I just wondered if there was, or if not has there ever been, any thought
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to publishing a Linux Gazette Archives CDROM.
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<P> Thank you for a great publication.
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<P> Phil Steege
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[See the <A HREF="../faq/index.html#formats_html">FAQ, question 2</A>.
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-Ed.]
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<A HREF=mailto:gazette@ssc.com>gazette@ssc.com</A><BR>
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