On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Carl P. Nelson wrote: > My reason for writing all this has to do with the fact that I would > appreciate some assistance in using Arachne, and also I would like to > be pointed toward "lists" or other sources of fundamental LINUX.
One of the best online resources in "book" form is rute. It ranges from beginner to advanced, so you can start with it, and it's still useful once you have a good grasp of what you're doing. The latest version (v1.0) is available from the rute homepage, http://www.icon.co.za/~psheer/book/index.html.gz , however, notice that the contents are gzipped, and require a browser which can unzip it on the fly. Arachne is not such a browser. There are older versions floating around which are every bit as useful, maybe even moreso for the older Linux distributions required for older hardware, http://wwwacs.gantep.edu.tr/linux/rute/ If you can do pdf, I think all the rute versions have been released in that format, so you can just download the whole book at once (about 5MB) if you have the space, bandwidth, and pdf reader. > I gather that there is a LINUX version of Arachne, and I would like to > move in that direction, The last linux version of Arachne, and the one I launch from PINE, was 1.66. IIRC, it was considered an alpha version when released, and in the meantime, Michael has stopped developing it. I believe he's still working on flowerpot which will be a cross-platform SDK? to allow Arachne2 to run on any platform. We haven't heard news on that for some time. > I am not interested in the complex "distro's" > that involve more GUI, Any distro can use X, or do without it. Some make it easier or harder to install without, so I'm sure you won't want to be installing Mandrake, since that makes a lot of assumptions that are contraindicated for those who wish to use legacy hardware. Also, you can run apps in X without any window manager or Desktop Environment. You get the benefits of the GUI app without all the bloat of the stuff you don't want or need. -- Steve Ackman http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?) http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
