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<center><H3><font color="maroon">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</font></H3></center>
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<H2>New submission address!</H2>
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<P> Send tech-support questions, answers and article ideas to The Answer Gang
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<<A HREF="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com">linux-questions-only@ssc.com</A>>. Other mail (including
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sent to either of these addresses will be considered for publication in the
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next issue. <EM>Please send answers to the original querent too, so that s/he
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can get the answer without waiting for the next issue.</EM>
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<P> Unanswered questions appear here. Questions with
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answers--or answers only--appear in The Answer Gang, 2-Cent Tips, or here,
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depending on their content.
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<P> <STRONG>Before asking a question, please check the
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:50:21 +0200
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<BR>From: Jean-Paul Duyx <<A HREF="mailto:jp@duyx.nl">jp@duyx.nl</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Vines Client for linux
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<P> On my notebook I run linux, but at my work the network is Banyan Vines.
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Searching the internet, I could not find any linux client for Vines.
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Perhaps I didn't look good enough or mayby there is no such thing.I
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think it would be nice to read something about that.
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The only thing that i found was a private project to write a client for
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linux, but that site hasn't been updated for more than a year.
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it is
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<A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.grayson/">http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.grayson/</A>.
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Sun, 29 Oct 2000 14:33:05 +35824
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<BR>From: Jon Claerbout <<A HREF="mailto:jon@kana.stanford.edu">jon@kana.stanford.edu</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Income tax software
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<P> Every year I need to struggle with Windoze again
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in order to work out my income taxes.
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I heard that there were some web-based systems,
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but when I dug into it,
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it turned out that it needed to work with an adobe
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plugin that didn't work for me.
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<P> Hope you can dig up some better solutions
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for us Linux folk?
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<PRE>
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--
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o ~
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_-'\_ ~
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(*)<(*) ~
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Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:06:53 -0500
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<BR>From: Matt <<A HREF="mailto:matt@1lsn.com">matt@1lsn.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Slackware RAID1 problem
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<P> HEELP! hehe
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I have been trying to find a chatroom (or ICQ or something..just aas long as
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its live and they are available alot.) with some people (or better yet, one
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kind guru with lots of free time) in it that can help me with a slackware
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problem I am having..(specifically installing and configuring a RAID1
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system).
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I am VERY new to linux ..have only compiled one kernel in my lifetime and
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don't truly understand what it did or why..hehe
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<P> All I need is someone to kinda walk me through step-by-step commands
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starting with CFDISK and going all the way to the end..a bootable raid1
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system.
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(I can learn how and why later..but am on a bit of a time schedule at the
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moment.)
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<P> If you know of any places I can go or people to contact, please let me know
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as soon as you can.
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<P> I already have about 90 pages of printed material and have tried most of
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it, but its not working.
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dunno, maybe the the instructions I have (have about 10 different sets form
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different websites) are missing something..
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<P> Anyway, I really appreciate any help you might be able to offer..
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Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:06:30 -0200
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<BR>From: César A. K. Grossmann <<A HREF="mailto:ckant@fazenda.gov.br">ckant@fazenda.gov.br</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Windows NT Event Log on a Linux Box
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<P> I need to consolidate the event log from
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several machines and produce some reports and even alerts from the data
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collected. I was thinking that using the Linux tools (cron jobs,
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scripting languages, and DBMS) could be a good idea, but cannot find how
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to do this (read the event log of a Windows box from a Linux box).
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<P> The best support I can find was the article
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<A HREF="http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?focus=microsoft&content=/focus/microsoft/nt/log1.html">
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http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?focus=microsoft&content=/focus/microsoft/nt/log1.html</A>.
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In it I can find:
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<P> "... The Event Log is accessible to remote machines via Remote Procedure
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Calls (RPC) via applications that utilize the Event Log API, such as the
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Event Viewer."
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<P> So I think it's possible to have some application that uses RPC (as
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SAMBA does) to connect to the remote Windows box and get a copy of the
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event log.
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<P> Can you help me? The Windows NT boxes are in an NT Domain,
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and the Linux box does have the SAMBA installed and running.
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<P> TIA
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<P> P.S.: sorry the bad english, I'm a brazilian penguinista.
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Fri, 6 Oct 2000 03:24:56 +0300
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<BR>From: Peter Georgiev <<A HREF="mailto:pesho@geocities.com">pesho@geocities.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Linux Gazette by e-mail
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<P> Here is my 0.02USD tip for all those readers who'd
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like to receive the <I>Gazette</I> by e-mail.
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<P> Actually it can be done quite easy. All you need to do is
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send an e-mail message to bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu with
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message body:
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<PRE>
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open ftp.ssc.com
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chdir /pub/lg
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binary
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get lg-issueXX.tar.gz
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quit
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</PRE>
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<P> and you will receive back an e-mail containing a uuencoded
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copy of the requested file. There is plenty of uudecoding
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software so I will not elaborate further.
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<P> If you need more detailed HOWTO on the matter
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and a list of other ftp-mail servers send
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an e-mail message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
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with message body:
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<PRE>
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send usenet/news.answers/internet-services/access-via-email
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</PRE>
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<P> or mailto mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk
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with message body:
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<PRE>
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send lis-iis e-access-inet.txt
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</PRE>
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<P> or visit <A HREF="http://www.activesol.com/www/drbobfram.htm">http://www.activesol.com/www/drbobfram.htm</A>
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<P> There you will also find info on various internet services
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available via e-mail.
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<H3><EM>Your Editor comments:</EM></H3>
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This is certainly easy since it uses standard FTP commands. Remember to get
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<STRONG>lg_base.tar.gz</STRONG> too the first time, and
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<STRONG>lg-base-new.tar.gz</STRONG> each month. However, note that the
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<A HREF="../ftpfiles.txt">file sizes</A> are large: recent issues have been
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750KB - 2.1 MB, and lg-base is currently 837 KB. Some mail gateways reject
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messages which are over a certain size, frequently one megabyte. If the files
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are too large for your gateway, the following suggestion may be more suitable
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for you.
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<H3><EM>Ralbright <<A HREF="mailto:ralbright5@juno.com">ralbright5@juno.com</A>> recommends:</EM></H3>
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<P> Send an email as noted here to any of the numerous www4 servers.
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<PRE>
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From: Your Mail Address Here
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To: www4mail@ftp.uni-stuttgart.de
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Subject: leave blank nothing here
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GETSIZE 50000
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XUUENCODE
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ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/lg-issue58_tar_gz.
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</PRE>
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<P>
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this results in 24 msg that are numbered part 01 of 24 and uuencode.
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I use uudeview to decode the 24 parts.
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I then rename each part to aa----ax. 24 parts;
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then I combine the parts exactly like this. must be this way!!
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<PRE>
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copy /b aa+ab+ac+ad and finally ax
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</PRE>
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then press return on the line containing the copy instruction
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It will ask if you want aa to be overwrote. answer yes and all will now
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be in aa
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now re name aa to issue58.tgz and proceed with untgz
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<P> I have acquired all 58 issues this way through email only. Hope you can
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make sense
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out of this.
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<H3><EM>Your Editor comments:</EM></H3>
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That <CODE>copy</CODE> command is for DOS/Windows sysems. (No, it's not a
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crime to read <I>LG</I> on a Windows machine.) On Linux/UNIX, you'd
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do this instead:
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<PRE>
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cat aa ab ac ad ... ax >issue58.tgz
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</PRE>
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This creates <STRONG>issue58.tgz</STRONG>, containing all the other files joined
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together one after the other. I don't see why you need to rename the files to
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<EM>aa</EM>, <EM>ab</EM>, etc., since you're just going to use them once and
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then delete them. Why not just use whatever names <CODE>uudecode</CODE> gives
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you?
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<H3><EM>Ralbright <<A HREF="mailto:ralbright5@juno.com">ralbright5@juno.com</A>> continues:</EM></H3>
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E-mail, like everything else, sometimes goes off into never-never land. If,
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after getting the parts of LG, you discover that some parts are missing, send
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the following to the www4 server:
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<PRE>
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GETPART put missing part number here
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GETSIZE 50000
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XUUENCODE
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ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lg/lg-issue58_tar_gz.
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 09:09:50 -0700
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<BR>From: Linux Gazette <<A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Translations
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<P> Thanks to everybody who responded to
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last month's request for translators from other languages to English.
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Currently we have volunteers for:
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<DL COMPACT>
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<DT> <STRONG>ROMANCE</STRONG>
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<DD> Spanish (3), Portuguese (2), French.
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<DT> <STRONG>GERMANIC</STRONG>
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<DD> German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
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<DT> <STRONG>SLAVIC</STRONG>
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<DD> Russian (from Russian only)
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</DL>
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<P> We don't get a lot of mail in non-English languages, but we have gotten an
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article in French and one in Spanish, and TAG/Mailbag items in Italian, Spanish
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and Danish. I just want to have translators ready in case we need them
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someday.
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<P> Those who wish to translate from English into their own language should
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contact the foreign-language version of interest, or start your own if there
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isn't one. As always, see the <A HREF="../mirrors.html">mirrors page</A>.
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<H3><EM>Note to those who work on </EM>LG's<EM> foreign-language editions:</EM></H3>
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<P> There is a new mailing list, lg-translators, where I send advance copies of
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articles after they have been formatted. This will give you a chance to get
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your hands on the articles a few days early to lessen the delay between when the
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English version appears and when your translation is ready.
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<P> To subscribe to this list, send a message to
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<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@ssc.com">majordomo@ssc.com</A> with
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"subscribe lg-translators" in the body. This is a moderated list: only
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articles, article revisions, and announcements from <I>LG</I> to the foreign
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editions will be sent.
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<H3><EM>Musings on the Spanish </EM>LG:</H3>
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The Spanish <I>LG</I>
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(<A HREF="http://gaceta.piensa.com">La Gazeta de Linux</A>) could become a
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significant force in the next several months. I have been getting
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inquiries about it every month, moreso than I've received for the other
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languages. The Spanish-speaking world in particular seems to have a lot of
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unmet demand for a <I>Gazette</I>-like publication. I suspect that's because
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of the economic situation in Latin America (an affordable OS is more of a
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necessity than in Europe), because people are less likely to grow up knowing
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English, and because there are a whole *lot* of Spanish speakers.
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<P> The demand for Spanish <I>LG</I> reminds me of the demand for an affordable
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Macintosh that was built up during the late 80s. When Apple finally released
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the MacClassic in 1990, I for one immediately went down and bought one, as did
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a lot of other people. Apple was forced to switch to a 3-shift, 24-hour
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production line to churn them out, just to meet the demand.
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<P> Note: all non-English versions of <I>Linux Gazette</I> are done as
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independent projects without <I>LG</I> sponsorship. <I>LG</I> does not endorse
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specific translations as being official. However, we gratefully acknowledge all
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translations we know about on our
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<A HREF="../mirrors.html">mirrors page</A>.
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<P> <A NAME="mailbag/1"><HR ALIGN="center"></A> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="" SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
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<FONT COLOR="navy">Thanks</FONT></H3>
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:29:57 -0400
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<BR>From: Bill Cox <<A HREF="mailto:billcox@nc.rr.com"
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>billcox@nc.rr.com</A>><a href="mailto:linux-questions-only@ssc.com?cc:<linux-questions-only@ssc.com>"><linux-questions-only@ssc.com></a>
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<P>
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I was doing a search of your achives and found exactly what I
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needed. Thanks for being there.
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Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:41:46 -0500 (CDT)
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<BR>From: Jason Englander <<A HREF="mailto:jason@interl.net">jason@interl.net</A>>
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<BR>Subject: "@" sign confuses <I>LG</I> mirrors
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<P> I have no idea when this started because I auto-mirror /pub/lg/www_root
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and only usually look at it when a new issue comes out... but here's what
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I get with ftp and with lftp:
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<PRE>
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 30147 Sep 26 11:39 faq/index.html
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 11763 Sep 30 15:38 index.html
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 162592 Sep 30 15:45 lg_index.html
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 134353 Nov 17 1999 tag/kb.html
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-rw-r--r-- 1 698 @ 218 @ 1475 Jul 28 2000 tag/kb0.html
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 2379 Mar 1 1999 lg_statement.html
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 86857 Sep 30 15:37 mirrors.html
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 102 Nov 3 1999 robots.txt
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 8866 Aug 31 17:44 copying.html
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drwxrwxr-x 2 698 @ 105 @ 1024 Feb 28 2000 test
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 698 @ 105 @ 3021 Mar 30 2000 search.html
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<P> The two @ that are in there seem to be botching up "mget *.html" type
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requests and mirroring (I use lftp's mirror), making the
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"search.html" file become "30 2000 search.html" (the 30 and the 2000
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coming from the date).
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<P> Anyone else report this? I'm going to grab the .tar.gz files now
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and shut off the nightly updates.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Nobody else has reported this. We get the "@" symbols on the
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FTP listings too. However, </EM>LG<EM> has an rsync server. Rsync is
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reliable and uses less bandwidth than FTP mirroring. Jason switched to rsync
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and said it's working fine. Hints for setting up an rsync client for </I>LG<I>
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are <A HREF="../faq/index.html#rsync">here</A>. -Mike.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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