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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H2><a NAME="mail"><IMG SRC="../gx/mailbox.gif" ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT=" ">
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The Mailbag!</a> </H2>
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Write the Gazette at <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com"> gazette@ssc.com</A>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="#help">Help Wanted -- Article Ideas</a>
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<li><a HREF="#gazette">Gazette Matters</a>
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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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questions or comments about the <EM>Gazette</EM> itself) should go to
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<<A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A>>. All material
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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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<A HREF=../faq/index.html><I>Linux Gazette</I> FAQ</A> to see if it has been
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answered there.</STRONG>
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<P> <EM>No unanswered 'help wanted' letters this month.</EM>
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Fri, 3 Nov 2000 09:39:41 -0000
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<BR>From: Arthur G S Wilkinson <<A HREF="mailto:agswilk@servalan.org">agswilk@servalan.org</A>>
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<BR>Subject: LG FTP listings have bogus "@" signs in them
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<P> I have noticed that the Linux Guides FTP site at ftp://ftp.ssc.com returns
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the directory listing in a format which appears garbled in some versions
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of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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<P> Using the Windows command line FTP program the unix user and group
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ID's appear with @'s in them this appears to confuse IE.
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<P> Can anything be done about this?
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[This was an artifact of our upgrade of wu-ftpd from 2.6.0 to 2.6.1
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following advisories against version 2.6.0. As near as I can tell,
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"@" in the directory listings resulted from a defect in this
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new version of wu-ftpd.
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For this reason and because wu-ftpd was now experiencing segvs,
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indicating possible buffer overflows or memory allocation problems,
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we've retired it in favor of a relative newcomer, muddleftpd:
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<A HREF="http://www.arach.net.au/~wildfire/muddleftpd/mailing.html">http://www.arach.net.au/~wildfire/muddleftpd/mailing.html</A>
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From the netnoise I've found so far, this daemon is well-recommended.
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The configuration is very simple and covers our needs nicely.
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Take a look and give us some feedback if you like. -Dan.]
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Sun, 5 Nov 2000 11:19:15 EST
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<BR>From: <<A HREF="mailto:Yestonight@cs.com">Yestonight@cs.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: suggestion
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<P> would help if content had a concise statement of what each article holds.
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sentence could appears only when cusor passes over.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[Regarding the first part (a concise abstract for each article), we'll
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consider that the next time we revise the </EM>Gazette's<EM>
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layout. The current Table of Contents doesn't have room for it, and
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we really want all the article links visible with as little scrolling
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as possible.
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<P> What should the concise statement contain that isn't already in the
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title? I try to make the title as descriptive as possible, so that
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readers will not miss an article about something they're concerned about
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simply because they didn't realize the article would be about that.
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<P> Regarding the second part (making the sentance appear only when
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the cursor passes over it) would require Javascript, and we have
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preferred to keep the site free of Javascript, style sheets,
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etc--anything which might cause problems for some browsers.
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Perhaps in the future we'll revisit the question of Javascript now that
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it has a browser-neutral standard (ECMAscript).
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</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Thu, 9 Nov 2000 16:36:35 -0600
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<BR>From: THE MAGE <<A HREF="mailto:mage1@hehe.com">mage1@hehe.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Getting all the FTP files in one file
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<P> Dear editor,
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I would like to know if there is any way I could download all the issues in
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HTML format within a tar.gz or .zip file.
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I know that I could download each issue alone,but it would be very helping
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if you could tell me a way to download all the magazine's issues together.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[There is no single file that contains all the issues. However, you
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can have a program download all the files at once without human
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intervention.</EM>
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<DT><STRONG>ftp</STRONG>
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<DD><PRE>
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binary
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prompt
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mget *
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</PRE>
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Do the <TT>prompt</TT> command once or twice until it says "Interactive mode
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off". This prevents it from asking whether to download each file.
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<DT><STRONG>ncftp</STRONG>
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<DD><PRE>
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get *
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</PRE>
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<DT><STRONG>rsync</STRONG>
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<DD>See <A HREF="../faq/index.html#rsync">http://www.linuxgazette.com/faq/index.html#rsync</A>
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<DT><STRONG>mirror</STRONG>
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<DD>I don't know the options...
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</DL>
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<P> <EM>I personally would use ncftp for a one-time download, or rsync to
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set up something which would regularly via cron, or rsync
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on demand via a simple shell script. The beauty of rsync is
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that it downloads only the portions of files that have changed, saving
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time and bandwidth, especially if your Internet access is expensive. -Mike.]
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Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:29:16 -0500
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<BR>From: Andy Kinsey <<A HREF="mailto:ak47@pioneeris.net">ak47@pioneeris.net</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Kudos
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<P> Just a note regarding one of your 2-cent tip submissions:
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<P> I attempted to perform the 2-cent tip, from the March 2000 Linux Gazette
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that places a weather screen on the desktop. I was having difficulty, so
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I e-mailed the author,
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<A HREF="mailto:mbw8@cornell.edu">Matthew Willis</A>. Matt not only
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replied quickly to my question, but suggested a way to fix the problem,
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which worked. Thanks to Matt's assistance (which he did not have to do),
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I discovered the problem and learned something new in the process. Matt
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is a credit to <EM>Linux Gazette</EM>, and I'll be looking forward to many
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more tips from him and others like him.
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Sun, 12 Nov 2000 01:16:01 EST
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<BR>From: Mike Cathcart <<A HREF="mailto:mike_cathcart@hotmail.com">mike_cathcart@hotmail.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: dmesg explained
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<P> I just finished reading the article
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<A HREF="../issue59/nazario.html">'dmesg explained'</A>. Good article, although
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I thought you might like to know that some of the excerpts from dmesg that are
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shown are not visible in Konqueror. Basically, any excerpt that did not include
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a <CODE><BR></CODE>
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tag are not rendered. This can be fixed by adding a to the end of
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those excerpts, which will not change the appearance in other browsers. I'll
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be filing a bug report with
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<A HREF="http://kde.org">kde.org</A>, but I thought you might want to 'fix'
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the page in the meantime.
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<H3>Your Editor wrote:</H3>
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<P> You mean all the <CODE><PRE></CODE> blocks need a
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<CODE><BR></CODE> just before the <CODE></PRE></CODE>? Or they
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need it on every line?
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<H3>Mike responded:</H3>
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<P> Actually, they just need a <CODE><BR></CODE> anywhere inside the
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<CODE><PRE>...</PRE></CODE>, it doesn't really matter where or how
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many. Kinda weird, but that seems to do it.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
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[I added a <CODE><BR></CODE> tag inside the manual page excerpt.
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Does it look all right in Konqueror?
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<P> I'm not interested in putting <CODE><BR></CODE> tags in other
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articles, for this browser bug. I suppose if it were Netscape or IE,
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I'd have to. -Mike.]
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Sun, 12 Nov 2000 01:16:01 EST
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<BR>From: BanDiDo <<A HREF="mailto:bandido@drinkordie.com">bandido@drinkordie.com</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Kudos for LG
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<P> LG is awesome, if you charged for it I would subscribe. When I get
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some free time one of these I hope to pen a few articles and such.
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<P> With appreciation for a fine publication<BR>
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BanDiDo<BR>
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<H3>Your Editor writes:</H3>
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<P> Thanks. <I>Linux Gazette</I> was established as a free zine and we firmly
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intend to keep it that way. There are already paid magazines out there
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(we publish one of them :), but LG fills a unique niche. No other
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e-zine I know of (Linux or otherwise) is read, not just through a single
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point of access, but in large part via mirrors or off-line (via FTP
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files, CD-ROMS, etc).
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<P> Also, because <I>LG's</I> articles are written by our readers, you (readers)
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are truly writing your own magazine. I only put things together and
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insert a few comments here and there, and occasionally write an article.
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If it weren't for our volunteer authors, there would be no <I>Linux
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Gazette</I>. When I first took over editing in June 1999, I used
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to wonder every month whether there would be enough articles. But every
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month my mailbox magically fills with enough articles not just for a
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minimal zine (5-10 technical articles), but for a robust zine with 15+
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articles covering a variety of content (for newbies and oldbies, technical
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articles and cartoons). A year ago, we never predicted there would be
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cartoons in the Gazette, but the authors just wrote in and offered them,
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and it's been a great addition. It is truly a privilege to work with
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such a responsive group of readers, and years from now when I'm retired
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(hi, Margie!), I'm sure I will remember fondly what an opportunity it
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was.
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<P> Our biggest thanks go to The Answer Gang, especially Heather and Jim,
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who each spend 20+ hours a month _unpaid_ compiling The Answer Gang,
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2-Cent Tips and The Mailbag. This has really made things a lot easier
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for me.
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<P> We look forward to printing some articles with your name on them.
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See the Author Info section at
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<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.com/faq/index.html#author">http://www.linuxgazette.com/faq/index.html#author</A>
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<P> And you other readers who haven't contributed anything yet, get off your
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asses and send something in! Write a letter for the Mailbag, answer a
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tech-support question, join The Answer Gang, do a translation for our
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foreign-language sites, or write an article. What do *you* wish the
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Gazette had more of? *That's* what it needs from you.
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<H3>BanDiDo wrote back:</H3>
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<P> Would be lovely if you guys established an EFNET irc channel :)
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This page written and maintained by the Editors of the <I>Linux Gazette</I>.
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Copyright © 2000, <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A>.<BR>
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Copying license <A HREF="../copying.html">http://www.linuxgazette.com/copying.html</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 60 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, December 2000</H5>
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