Linux-Hardware Digest #908
Linux-Hardware Digest #908, Volume #14 Sat, 16 Jun 01 11:13:08 EDT Contents: Support for Fuji film MX 1500 (Sanjeev) keyboard lock-ups (Vlad) Re: RH 7.1 failed ppp interface (Sanjeev) Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!! (Clive Dove) Re: Floppy disk prolem in Mandrake 8 (Rick O'shay) Weird IDE Problem with Compaq Deskpro 4000 RH 6.x (John Roy) Re: SCSI emulation (Ian Briggs) Re: buying a CDR/RW (Richard) Visual Network Monitoring Tools?? (Subba Rao) Re: NEC MultiSync LCD1525V (Richard) Re: Workaround to get HP Colorado IDE tape drives to work under RH7.1 (2.4 kernels). (Robert Davies) Re: What to install for a laptop? (Robert Davies) Re: Strange kernel message about power saving mode (Richard) Re: Weird IDE Problem with Compaq Deskpro 4000 RH 6.x (Jan Johansson) How to install a UMAX SCSI clone onto the NCR5380 driver (Phlip) X problem (mirena) Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees (Richard) Configure Sun A1000 under Linux? (John Forsythe) Re: Aureal Vortex 2 Linux (Richard) Re: X problem (Richard) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sanjeev) Subject: Support for Fuji film MX 1500 Date: 16 Jun 2001 03:08:42 -0700 Is there any application with which I can access the photos inside my FujiFilm MX 1500? I tried gPhoto, but the application does not recognize the device. Thanks -- From: Vlad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: keyboard lock-ups Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 12:08:20 +0200 Hi, I am having these mysterious lock-ups of my cordless logitech keyboard. It does this mostly when working with console. It suddenly locks up for about 1-3 mins (no keys work), then it may let go or not. Pulling out the PS/2 cable and plugging it back in again helps, but only for a while - and after this the keyboard repeat rate sinks to about half its value. Pressing those CONNECT buttons on both the receiver and the keyboard doesn't help at all. Oh and it never does this under win98. Maybe I have to lower the key repeat rate? If so which file do I edit? Please help? Thanks in advance, Vlad -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sanjeev) Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.ppp,linux.redhat Subject: Re: RH 7.1 failed ppp interface Date: 16 Jun 2001 03:12:42 -0700 Do u need to give a parameter like ATX1 or something to your modem? Not sure, but maybe that is causing the problem. cfeller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... This makes no sense... have an Pentium 233 MMX processor running on a VX-98 motherboard w/ 128 MB of RAM. Modem is a Zoom model 2919 (internal). The modem works great under Redhat 5.2, 6.2, 7.0, oops~! Not 7.1 I upgraded both my PC and my laptop to 7.1. No problems on the laptop (laptop uses PCMCIA modem), but under the PC, I get failed to activate ppp0 with error 6 What is error 6? If this is relevant, the motherboard likes to assign the modem to IRQ 10, so I have to setserial /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 10 I did try removing that, but it did not change the error message. Please advise. -- From: Clive Dove [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: US Robotics 56k Fax Win Int + RedHat 7.1 ... HELP !!! Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:43:14 GMT Rahul wrote: Hi All, Please help me out of this! I have first time installed RedHat 7.1 (Dual-boot with Windows-2000). My Windows-2000 is correctly recognizing the modem, but Linux is not. I have heard that if modem is winmodem(?), then Linux may not support it at all :-( I am not sure whether mine is winmodem or not (how to identify that it's winmodem or not ?) Any kind of information on this will be appreciated! Following are the details of my modem : US Robotics 56K Fax Win Int - COM3 (From Windows-Control-Panel) Device Location : PCI slot-5 (PCI bus 1, device 11, function 0) Driver Version : 4.1.21.4 Found on Internal Modem Card(?): On the Chip : US Robotics AD1807JS ERL 2086A-0-8 0052 On the white label : SN:24B4G3HBHGWR PRODUCT:3CP5699A Thanks a lot for your replies, in advance! Regards, Rahul. (first time Linux user!) A sure sign that you have a winmodem is that there is a driver. Real modems don't need drivers. The makers of winmodems make drivers for Toyland operating systems only, not for real operating systems such as Linux or OS/2. A winmodem is simply a modem with the firmware gutted out so that the computer's processor must use a driver to do what the modem ought to be doing on its own.They are also unwilling to release enough information to let people write Linux drivers. US Robotics makes good modems, apart from its apperant behaviour in producing these winmodem abortions. Their web page has lists of model numbers for real modems and winmodems. here is the url: http
Linux-Hardware Digest #908
Linux-Hardware Digest #908, Volume #13 Sat, 18 Nov 00 02:13:04 EST
Contents:
Red Hat 7.0 Joystick ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Do optical mice work with Linux? (Rod Smith)
Re: Communication Trouble w/ 3c905B-TXNM ("Jopa")
Re: Old School (Dances With Crows)
Re: NTFS mount by Red Hat 7.0 (Dances With Crows)
Re: adapter for 3.5" HDD to 5.25" bay, in USA ("Michael Jones")
Re: 1GB Linux memory limitation? (TopQuark)
Linux for the 486 ("chrismendes")
Re: NTFS mount by Red Hat 7.0 (Markus Kossmann)
fasttrak66 and slackware ("Enrico Ng")
Re: Linux for the 486 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problems setting up TV-Card (Tim)
Re: Communication Trouble w/ 3c905B-TXNM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux for the 486 (Tim)
X video on SiS Xcel 2000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Integrated AIC-7890 + PCI AIC-29160 woes ("Joe User")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Red Hat 7.0 Joystick
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 04:07:40 GMT
The emu10k1 drivers for Red Hat 7.0 do not support the joystick port. I
upgraded from 6.2 to 7.0. In 6.2, a line after the emu10k1 line in
/etc/conf.modules was needed:
alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1
options emu10k1 joystick=0x200
This no longer works in 7.0. Moreover, the /etc/conf.modules file is now
/etc/modules.conf. The solution for me was to get the drivers from
opensource.creative.com (version 20001117) and simply do 'make' in the
main emu10k1 directory. After the 'make' look for a module file called
'emu10k1-joy.o' and copy it to /lib/modules/2.2.16-22smp/misc (I have an
smp system; just remove the 'smp' if you have a single processor
system). Then do 'depmod -a'. Now do 'insmod emu10k1-joy io=0x200'. Note
that I did not use the compiled emu10k1.o module but the default one
from my initial Red Hat 7.0 install.
To automate this process of inserting the modules, in your
/etc/rc.d/rc.local file, add this line:
/sbin/insmod emu10k1-joy io=0x200
so that the joystick port gets enabled. Since I have an MS-Sidewinder, I
also have the following line below the one just above:
/sbin/modprobe joy-sidewinder
which is equivalent to:
/sbin/insmod joystick
/sbin/insmod joy-sidewinder
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Do optical mice work with Linux?
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 04:21:03 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henry S. Greenside) writes:
Does an optical ball-less mouse like those made by Microsoft
and Logitech work with Linux? If so, are any special drivers
necessary?
Yes and no, respectively. You need to focus on the hardware and software
interface, not the optical vs. mechanical nature of the technology. I
have yet to hear of a mouse that flat-out does not work under Linux
(although there's a good chance somebody will post a story in response
to this message). Certainly I've used Logitech optical trackballs and
Mouse Systems optical mice under Linux, though.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux multi-OS configuration
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From: "Jopa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Communication Trouble w/ 3c905B-TXNM
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 21:29:51 -0700
I am not sure but,
first of all know that you should look at:
ifconfig -h#for all the options
Then try:
ifconfig irq 11 eth0
This should work.
Jopa
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"Andrei Ivanov" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:8v4ak6$469$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
In comp.os.linux.networking Bill Holloway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a 3c905B-TXNM. Running fine under Win98 on Dell Dimension XPS
R400. 128 MB RAM.
Problem is with Linux boot on same machine. Linux details: RedHat 6.2.
Upgraded to kernel 2.2.16. 3c905 driver compiled into kernel. Good
load of driver in dmesg, but *not eth0*. After boot, logged in as root,
ifconfig only shows lo. So I issue
How did you configure your NIC (using linuxconf, or manually)?
What's in your /etc/sysconfig/network and network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
files? I have a bunch of HP Vectras around me, all with 3C905-TX cards -
they're running w/out problems.
--
andrei
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Old School
Date: 18 Nov 2000 04:47:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 01:36:48 +, Michael V. Ferranti wrote:
And John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke thusly:
Give Debian a try.
Can you still do without apt, or have they gone the way of RedHat and
made their distros package-manager dependant? I'm thinking of switching to
Debian, but I don't want to get stuck with a commercialized version of
Linux that may or may not become a success.
Parse
Linux-Hardware Digest #908
Linux-Hardware Digest #908, Volume #12 Tue, 23 May 00 02:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Soft RAID vs. SuSE? (Mark(un-MASKForsyth))
Re: Linux + intellimouse: Any drivers? (Jim Jerzycke)
Re: harddisk performance (Jim Jerzycke)
newbie - cdrom drive (Gar Snaple)
Re: lilo help please ("Steve S.")
Re: Using a Travan under linux? (Cokey de Percin)
Re: Linux sucks (John Jordan)
Re: Diamond Viper II (Dances With Crows)
Re: harddisk performance (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linux sucks (Arjan Drieman)
Re: Help! Could anybody recommend a book of Writting Device Driver? (robert t.
lemmon)
Re: Linux sucks (Mark Bratcher)
Re: How do I check available disk space (Mark Bratcher)
Re: Motherboard/hardware question, bell rings (Michael V. Ferranti)
Re: Why does my VXA-1 tape only hold 14GB? (Rico Tudor)
Re: Sound Blaster AWE64 (Kenneth Friday)
Re: update (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: Help! Could anybody recommend a book of Writting Device Driver? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Fasttrak66 vs redhat 6.2 (Lurch)
Re: newbie - cdrom drive (FallNAngel)
modem suddenly dosn't work (Goya Lin)
Can not mount cdrom drive (Chris Dillon)
Re: Linux sucks (Attila Feher)
XpressNet Driver (Phil Reardon)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark(un-MASK)Forsyth)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Soft RAID vs. SuSE?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 18:20:45 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 21 May 2000 23:15:47 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hi, i got the following Problem:
I´m using SuSE 6.4 with the SuSE Kernel (cause im to lazy to patch on my
own ;-) ) 2.2.14.
Now i try to setup an RAID on 4 SCSI Disks, with the "raidtools", but it
doesn´t work, mkraid md0 exit with
" analyzing super-block
disk 0: /dev/sda1, 4401778kB, raid superblock at 4401664kB
disk 1: /dev/sdb1, 4401778kB, raid superblock at 4401664kB
disk 2: /dev/sdc1, 4401778kB, raid superblock at 4401664kB
disk 3: /dev/sdd1, 4401778kB, raid superblock at 4401664kB
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues"
So what was in syslog and /proc/mdstat ?
May help unearth an answer.
The SuSE-Kernel is patched for RAID, i think, because all of the raid
extensions are available at configtime.
Please help, I need help as fast as possible cause of missing space
Thanx a lot
Sven Holz
--
Mark F...
unMASK for e-mail
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From: Jim Jerzycke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux + intellimouse: Any drivers?
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:28:17 +0100
There's a utility called imwheel if you have the wheel version of
Intellimouse. I have the trackball version, and it works fine.
Regards, jim
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From: Jim Jerzycke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: harddisk performance
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:29:45 +0100
How'd it work?
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gar Snaple)
Subject: newbie - cdrom drive
Date: 22 May 2000 22:41:41 GMT
i dont know anything about linux and i was wondering how i would go about using
my cd-drive.. thanks
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From: "Steve S." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lilo help please
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 19:55:59 +
if you want to just get rid of lilo, go into DOS/Win and
type "fdisk /mbr" and that should do it. it's either a
slash or a dash, i forget which "fdisk /mbr" or "fdisk
-mbr".
or, if you've got a DOS version of lilo you can edit the
configuration file to make windows the default and then
write it to the master boot record with lilo. but i think
that the first option is more what you're looking for.
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/ ___/\ __\/ __ \ \/ // __ \ / ___/
\___ \ | | \ ___/\ /\ ___/ \___ \
/ |__| \___ \_/ \___ / /\
\/\/ \/ \/ \/
Lan Hong Tran wrote:
Hello all,
I used fdisk in windows 98 to delete Linux partition. However, whenever I
start up the system, Lilo is still there, and I have to type dos to logon
to windows(because I set Linux as default before). Is there anyway that I
can take of this lilo so that it just boots windows straight away?
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
Lan
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From: Cokey de Percin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Using a Travan under linux?
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 00:59:09 GMT
Mikael Carneholm wrote:
Hi,
Our university computer club is about to invest in a backup device
(preferably: a Travan). Our machine is a K6/200 /w 64 Mb, running RH6.2.
However, the HP and Seagate sites only mention Win 95/98/NT as supported
OS:s? We're interested in two or three particular devices:
Seagate TapeStor 20 GB (BS-T20GBAI)
HP Colorado/SureStore 20 GB IDE/SCSI
Any help/info appreciated!
Can't comment on the Seagate, but the Colora
Linux-Hardware Digest #908
Linux-Hardware Digest #908, Volume #10Mon, 2 Aug 99 11:13:45 EDT
Contents:
Apache and ASP ("Joffer")
V4l (Video 4 Linux) Buffer Problems (Brian Mitchell)
Re: Apache and ASP (Kyrre Baker)
Re: Advice needed on Dell Inspiron 3500 ("Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe")
Re: HP Deskjet Printer (6XX)) series (Todd Graham)
Re: Tekram DC-310 compability ("Niklas Rosencrantz")
Re: Linux on HP Vectra VL Series 3 5/100 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
the Interphase SAN driver for the 5526 PCI Fibre channel Adapter for Linux for Intel
80x86 (do-hun kim)
TNT 2 in Xfree ("Thomas Lötzer")
Laptop hardware recommendations... (Anders Iderström)
pci token-ring adapter (Mario Prato)
Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse (Rob Moolhuijsen)
Re: Linux guru help (Thierry Michalowski)
Re: SOCORRO HELP LINUX! ("Janc Lage")
Re: Logitech Cordless Wheel Mouse ("Al @Work")
PCMCIA ISDN AVM A1 + Video Conference 4 Linux ? (Jean-Yves Bitterlich)
Re: Any compressed mode tape drive or autoloader supported under linux (Redhat 6.0)?
("Tony Platt")
ISAPNP startup NIC config (Joel Douglas Reese)
Re: SCSI AHA 152x adapter ("Jim Dibb")
Soft - Raid (Sven Holz)
From: "Joffer" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.dev.config,no.it.os.unix.linux.diverse,no.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Apache and ASP
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:32:30 +0200
Does Apache support ASP?
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From: Brian Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: V4l (Video 4 Linux) Buffer Problems
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 20:02:18 +0930
Whenever I try to start a video for linux application I get error message=
s such
as "can't open /dev/video: No buffer space available". I can't work out h=
ow to
allocate buffers to /dev/video.
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From: Kyrre Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,linux.dev.config,no.it.os.unix.linux.diverse,no.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Apache and ASP
Date: 02 Aug 1999 12:48:55 +0200
"Joffer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does Apache support ASP?
http://www.halcyonsoft.com/index.htm
--
Kyrre..
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From: "Kai-Uwe v. d. Ohe" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Advice needed on Dell Inspiron 3500
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 13:38:14 +0100
Two sites about Linux on the I 3500 i know of:
http://home.earthlink.net/~sadala/notebooklog.html
http://www.post1.com/home/kal/inspiron3500.html
Regards,
Kai-Uwe
Pattard schrieb in Nachricht 7o2649$rs9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi,
maybe I should first of all apologize for posting the same message several
times under different titles, but since I want to ask for information about
several different models I thought this would be the easiest way to attract
the attention of owners of the various notebooks
As the subject says, I would appreciate some advice from all you wizards
out
there. Background: I am intending to buy a notebook and in the first round
I
came up with several models (basically I chose one or two from different
companies that seem to fit my ideas of what it should do, e.g. I don't need
extensive multimedia features, DVD, the absolutely fastest processor on the
market,...)
Having made these first round picks, I would highly appreciate any input
from
you (unfortunately I'm a completely clueless newbie myself, so please be
patient...). If you happen to own one of those models or a similar one or
have
some experiences, I would be very happy to hear about it: Can you recommend
it
or not (what instead?)? What to look out for?
While I would be glad to get ANY input on those notebooks, an equally
important
aspect is the following: I am used to using Unix on workstations, so I plan
to
run Linux on it (to be precise I have to confess to the purists that I
would
run both Linux and Windows in parallel...), so if you happen to own one of
those models and run Linux on it, you are the (wo)man! I would be VERY
happy
if I would hear from you ('forget it, it won't run' is of course not a
welcome
message, but equally important!).
Note before I get 100 RTFM-messages: I am aware that there is a website
where
hints on installing Linux on specific machines are collected and I will
look at
those, but often they are written for experts ('downloaded the x.y.z kernel
v0.34 from ...'), a little more basic and personal recommendations for
someone
who never before installed a Linux system ('watch out for this', 'get the
zzz-distribution', 'everything will run fine but don't buy a modem from
...')
would be very very helpful.
Now finally, here comes the list of first round choices. As said before, I
basically picked one or two models from different companies that are in the
price range I co
Linux-Hardware Digest #908
Linux-Hardware Digest #908, Volume #9 Fri, 2 Apr 99 14:13:35 EST
Contents:
Re: MS-LINUX (Andrew Williams)
Re: Help: Mag Innovision LX 1564L G (Mark Shaw)
Re: Slow ethernet LAN driving me crazy!! ("Stavros C. Kassinos")
Re: Kernel too big, when recompiling with SCSI hardware (Thierry Charpentier)
Re: Sound Blaster Live ("Spaceboy")
Re: Problem with installing on a SCSI machine (Barry Flude)
Keyboard failure @ login screen ("Spaceboy")
Re: Which PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet card? (David Ripton)
Re: Does anybody have a Socket7 motherboard that they'll sell? (Mike Nicksic)
SB PCI64 and SLab! (Jochen Henneberg)
Re: [Fwd: 7 111 (8) WinModem support for linux] (Mircea)
Re: Help me spend $2,000 on a new Linux-based computer (Jet)
Re: Recommended Mail Order for Hardware? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux on SBC? ("Charles Burnaford")
ipppd: pinging possible, but no telnet. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
From: Andrew Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: MS-LINUX
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 18:53:01 +0200
what could the date possibly be?
TURBO1010 wrote:
hought you might like an early peek at this. It'll be going out over
the wire shortly.
Microsoft Announces MS-Linux
The flexible "grassroots" operating system, now with the quality and
enterprise-level service and support customers expect from Microsoft
REDMOND, Wash., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsoft Corp. today announced
the forthcoming release of MS-Linux(R), a new version of the well-known
Linux(R) operating system designed for the enterprise.
"Prior to the development of MS-Linux, enterprise customers wouldn't
dream of deploying mission-critical applications on an unsupported
operating
system," said Jim Allchin, senior vice president of Microsoft's personal
and
business systems group. "All that has now changed."
Maximum compatibility and performance
While other versions of Linux offer a variety of immature and largely
incompatible windowing environments, MS-Linux includes an implementation
of
the familiar Microsoft(R) Windows(R) desktop, minimizing corporate
training
costs and allowing the hundreds of millions of Windows users worldwide
to be
productive right away.
MS-Linux provides a complete implementation of the Win32(R) API,
enabling many of the thousands of applications written for the Microsoft
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT(R), and Windows 2000 operating
systems to
run unchanged on MS-Linux. Microsoft will offer support for future
releases
of the Microsoft Office suite of productivity applications and the
BackOffice family of server products running on MS-Linux. In addition,
many
existing MS-DOS(R) and SCO Unix programs will run on MS-Linux without
modification. Benchmark tests performed by independent laboratories have
shown that MS-Linux is the world's fastest Windows file server.
A groundswell of support from industry
A number of leading development tool vendors will announce support for
MS-Linux, including Bristol Technology Inc., Compuware Corp., Cygnus
Solutions, Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc., Intel Corp., Metrowerks Inc.,
Rational Software Corp., Sybase Inc., and Tower Technology.
"The new Linux distribution from Microsoft gives the operating system
the credibility it needs to gain a foothold in organizations where it
has
never gone before," said Jon Hall, Executive Director of Linux
International, a non-profit Linux advocacy organization. Microsoft will
become a corporate member of Linux International, and will make a
substantial donation of funds and equipment to the organization. "Linux
International looks forward to working with Microsoft for the benefit of
current and future Linux users," added Hall.
According to VA Research President and CEO Larry Augustin, "VA Research
is delighted that Microsoft is entering the fast-growing market for
computers powered by Linux." VA Research has announced plans to bundle
MS-Linux and selected Microsoft Office and BackOffice products with its
powerful server, workstation, and laptop computers. VA Research has also
agreed to make Microsoft its exclusive supplier of Linux-based operating
systems going forward. "Having the Office and BackOffice suites running
on
computers from VA Research will give us a huge advantage in the
marketplace," said Augustin.
Microsoft has engaged well-known author and programmer Eric S. Raymond
to advise the company on certain intellectual property issues related to
Linux. Raymond's paper "The Cathedral of the Bizarre" was a key factor
in
Microsoft's decision to develop a Linux product. "While Microsoft will
not
immediately release the source code for it
