Linux-Misc Digest #236, Volume #19 Sun, 28 Feb 99 20:13:12 EST
Contents:
can Linux see windows 95/98 network neighborhood?? (kuma)
Re: uninstall Linux from dual boot w/ win98 ("Brian Donovan")
Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)) (Bill
Vermillion)
Re: 3D Blaster PCI (Shane Simmons)
running executable from cdrom? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie FTP/Firewall problem... (John Conkell)
Re: RedHat 5.2 --> 2.2 Kernel (Jacek Pop�awski)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Richard Steiner)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Richard Steiner)
Re: Win95 vs. Win98 and Linux (Gerald Willmann)
Re: Old ISA ethernet card - Recomendations? (GBP)
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info (brian moore)
Linux Counter: 89798 registered Linux users ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mounting Drives on a Win9x computer ("Brian Donovan")
Re: need some application recommendations ("Spud")
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Richard Steiner)
Re: More bad news for NT (Richard Steiner)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kuma)
Subject: can Linux see windows 95/98 network neighborhood??
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:56:49 GMT
as subject stated, can linux see it??
if there is some HOWTO, or docs, please direct me.
thank you
Kuma
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From: "Brian Donovan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: uninstall Linux from dual boot w/ win98
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:11:51 -0500
use a win98 boot disk with fdisk to boot your machine
at the command prompt type:
fdisk /mbr
this will erase lilo, win9x will then boot fine.
jik- wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> any suggestions? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Sure, reconfigure lilo to only do the windows partition.
>Then run 'lilo', then delete your linux partition.
>The reboot, and run fdisk /mbr (or whatever real way to do this is) in
>DOS.
>Then run fdisk again to create a new FAT partition, reboot and format
>new disk.
>
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Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?))
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:34:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 28 Feb 1999 03:43:48 GMT,
> Gregory L. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> When I'm doing that sort of thing on my Mac, I run a disk utility
>> and it TELLS me what devices I have on my computer, the file
>> formats on all the partitions, and if they're writeable (e.g.
>> the CD-ROM is not). When I stick a floppy in the drive it will
>> automatically mount, and the icon will have a "PC" on it if it's
>> DOS formatted.
>> I have to assume Linux is capable of things like that. Is there some
>> handy utility that I don't know about?
>A lot of that is due to the nature of PC hardware. Macs (and Suns)
>have smart floppy drives with no easy way for the user to eject a
>disk when they are mounted and they nicely generate an interrupt
>when a new disk is inserted. (Most CD-ROM drives even on crappy PC
>hardware do this correctly: it's just the floppies that are stupid
>in this way.)
That's really a design issue and not a floppy issue. This used to
be a great problems a few years ago as many of the cheapest PC's
didn't recognize the change disk line. You would write something
to a disk, remove it, and write something to the new disk. It wrote
the directory of the old disk on the new disk. It made you day
quite counter-productive.
>On a Sun, for example. there's a daemon which sees the interrupt
>from the drive ("oh, lookie, a disk!") and automatically mounts it.
>Removing the disk involves using the 'eject' command which ensures
>it is unmounted.
What if you didn't want to mount it? What if it was a tar or cpio
format, or something else that didn't require mounting such as a
disk image you were going to dd into the system?
>Alas, with PC hardware, though, that's not feasible. I don't know if
>the SPARC and Mac versions of Linux do it nicely: they at least don't
>have the stupid hardware to fight with.
As I said it's only some of the hardware. Problem is that the OS
designers need to get away from the MS way of thinking.
--
Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com
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From: Shane Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3D Blaster PCI
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:18:31 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vince wrote:
> HELP!
>
> Is it possible to get a 3D-Blaster PCI Video-Card running under Linux? I
> have SuSE 5.2 and no idea, what to do...
First you need to find out what chipset the card uses (you should be able
to find it on http://www.soundblaster.com; maybe not)
Myself, I have a Graphics Blaster Exxtreme Value Edition, which uses the
Permedia2 (3DLabs) chipset. Don't know about your card, though...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: running executable from cdrom?
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 23:59:40 GMT
Hi there. I just burned my first cd. I used mkisofs to make the disk image,
and that program gives all files root group and user ownership. That
shouldn't be a problem, but anyway, when I mount the cd and try to run a
program which has these permissions: '-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root', I still get
a Permission denied error. Does anyone know why this is the case? Thanks for
any info. BTW, this is how I mount it (from my fstab):
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0
thanks again. please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-David
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From: John Conkell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie FTP/Firewall problem...
Date: 1 Mar 1999 00:26:50 GMT
Lester Godwin wrote:
>
> Hello All--
> I have configured an old i486 as a firewall to connect my private
network
to
> the rest of the world and I have another Pentium linux box on the
public
> side of the firewall. Currently I can FTP to the public Pentium box
from
> the outside. However when I connect to it from private network (through
the
> firewall) the connection suceeds but I get an error: "500 Illegal PORT
> command" when I execute "ls" and other commands.
>
> To start out I have the firewall configured to forward everything:
>
> ipfwadm -F -a masquerade -S 10.0.0.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
>
> Also if I try to FTP to the firewall from either the public side or the
> private side the connection is immediately closed. Someone please
enlighten
> me!!!
>
> --
> Lester Godwin
> No private email, please, unless expressly invited
>
> --
> Lester Godwin
> No private email, please, unless expressly invited.
>
>
i had the same problem and found the solution in another reply on this
site. anyway, add this line to /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall or whatever you have
setup...
insmod ip_masq_ftp
and that's it. later.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacek Pop�awski)
Crossposted-To: cmp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat 5.2 --> 2.2 Kernel
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:10:11 GMT
ozric wrote:
> Did Anyone Notice a BIG SPEED increase with 2.2.2 ?
yes, hard drive works much faster
I am not sure - but probably disk cache was improved
(hmmm... I remember I read about faster low-level disk-access or something,
anybody know something about it?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:36:51 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, James Youngman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro) writes:
>
>> Bullshit. GPL is *not* copyrighted.
>
>Read lines 4 to 7 of the GPL.
It was my understanding that any text document has an inherent copyright
(whether it's explicitly stated or not) from the point it is "embodied
in a tangible medium" forward.
To make something public domain, you have to explicitly state such.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
5 food groups: Pizza, Beer, Tacos, Jolt!, Twinkies :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:39:23 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Newman)
spake unto us, saying:
>Have any of the Linux developers acknowledged Ken Thompson?
>Do most of them even now who he is?
How many more insults are going to be tossed out in this thread?
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly...
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win95 vs. Win98 and Linux
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 15:59:19 -0800
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> All views welcome, of course.
my view on this is that a discussion of the relative merits of different
M$ OSs does not belong in a linux newsgroup.
Gerald
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From: GBP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Old ISA ethernet card - Recomendations?
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:47:38 -0500
If your going low end it may just be easier to buy new!
I saw ISA cards for $10 at buy.com and PCI 10-T/100 cards at $20.
I just bought a D-Link DFE-530TX form buy.com, its on the hardware
compatibility list, only $20. PCi lots of features 10/100 etc etc.
http://buy.com
htpp://dlink.com
Arcady Genkin wrote:
>
> Hi all!
>
> Can you guys recomend what used ISA networking card should I buy?
>
> I am going to network 2 computers. The other one already is a PCI
> full-duplex 100Base-TX/10Base-T with Reltek 8139 chip (ne2000 for PCI).
> Should it influence my decision as to what to buy? I have heard that ne2000
> clones are poor performers.
>
> What transmission speeds do you suppose I will be able to get out of it? I
> know 100Base is capable of 200 Mbps in full duplex mode. Any ISA cards match
> that?
>
> Also, how safe is it to buy from online auctions, like Ebay? There seems to
> be tons of old hardware for sale there...
>
> Thanx a lot for any input!
>
> Arcady
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: 28 Feb 1999 22:30:04 GMT
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 08:25:21 -0600,
Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bill Unruh wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> > Or the users own program could send a fake one. I do not believe that
> > security is what this is for. I believe it is for copy protection. I
> > suspect that MS put pressure on for such a chipid so that they could
> > code their programs to the chipid making multiple use impossible.
> > ( and with the new copyright laws, any attempt to get around this would
> > be a criminal offense.) The next Word you buy will not be able to be
> > installed or run if the ID is switched off, and there will be no word of
> > this on the box(prediction).
> > And buy a new computer and replace all your software as well.
>
> You've hit the nail on the head, Bill. Remember that email shown at the
> M$ trial in which Gates and friends were discussing how to get MORE
> revenue from their software sales? Their solution: license the software
> ANNUALLY! Combine that little ploy with the ID chip and your monopoly
> is TOTAL and complete. IF the DOJ doesn't do it's job then only Linux
> is left to stem the tide...
Oh, I dunno: I hope Microsoft does it. I hope they install coin slots on
PCs so that users can "insert 25c for the next 30 minutes of Word" and
such.
The more insane Microsoft makes its licenses, the more people will
realize the "NT is cheaper than Unix" claims are nonsense. (It's not
even cheaper than commercial Unix: Microsoft leaves out the cost of
client licenses, and just thinking about attaching another machine to an
NT box costs money. Never mind the per-mailbox costs for Exhange, etc.)
It's that sort of marketing that Linux just can't buy. :) (Sorta like
the DOJ could never get witnesses as effective as the ones that
Microsoft so nicely provided.)
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Counter: 89798 registered Linux users
Date: 1 Mar 1999 00:00:08 GMT
This is the monthly report from the Linux Usage Counter.
It is posted on the 1st of every month on the newsgroup
comp.os.linux.misc
Registration and information is available via the World
Wide Web; connect to URL http://counter.li.org/
This is the preferred interface to the counter.
NOTE: You can UPDATE your record in the counter if you have
your registration key, which was sent to you when you registered.
EMAIL:
To enter your registration into the statistics, send an E-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with the SUBJECT line being one of
I use Linux at home
I use Linux at work
I use Linux at school
The reply will contain information about how to register more
information about yourself, your machine and your friends, if you
want to.
If you can't do Web, you can get the reports by sending the counter
an E-mail containing in the BODY one of the lines
//REPORT short
//REPORT persons
//REPORT machines
//HELP
Any questions should be adressed to the maintainer of the counter,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good luck!
=================================================================
This is the Linux Counter summary as of Sun Feb 28 17:22:46 1999
There are 89798 persons registerd.
2866 users have been registered by friends.
There are 49475 machines registered.
I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
1,795,960 and 44,899,000 people.
WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population
No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop
======================================================================
1 NO Norway 2175 47 899 496.1 4.4
2 AQ Antarctica 2 0 0 486.0 0.0
3 FI Finland 2441 56 1171 478.1 5.1
4 IS Iceland 103 3 56 381.1 0.3
5 SE Sweden 3050 58 1407 342.7 8.9
6 DK Denmark 1531 15 614 291.6 5.2
7 SI Slovenia 440 8 115 225.5 2.0
8 EE Estonia 276 16 191 189.1 1.5
9 NL Netherlands 2549 49 1159 163.7 15.6
10 CA Canada 4024 81 1908 139.6 28.8
11 AT Austria 1087 30 545 135.5 8.0
12 AU Australia 2324 47 1218 127.3 18.3
13 US USA 31650 769 14804 118.8 266.5
14 NZ New Zealand 401 3 260 113.0 3.5
15 CH Switzerland 784 15 410 108.8 7.2
16 GI Gibraltar 3 0 6 104.3 0.0
17 BE Belgium 966 525 468 95.0 10.2
18 LU Luxembourg 39 0 8 93.8 0.4
19 HU Hungary 934 37 549 93.4 10.0
20 FO Faroe Islands 4 0 2 91.2 0.0
21 DE Germany 7539 181 3693 90.2 83.5
22 IE Ireland 301 5 153 84.4 3.6
23 GB Great Britain 4023 107 1953 68.8 58.5
24 GL Greenland 4 0 1 68.7 0.1
25 IL Israel 371 13 161 68.4 5.4
26 SG Singapore 226 7 91 66.5 3.4
27 FR France 3821 110 1313 65.5 58.3
28 MC Monaco 2 1 2 63.1 0.0
29 ES Spain 2303 30 600 58.8 39.2
30 AD Andorra 4 0 0 55.0 0.1
31 PT Portugal 526 10 208 53.3 9.9
32 HR Croatia 228 6 59 45.6 5.0
33 GR Greece 410 15 161 38.9 10.5
34 GU Guam 6 0 0 38.2 0.2
35 KR Korea (South) 1663 16 252 36.6 45.5
36 CZ Czech Republic 368 16 217 35.7 10.3
37 LT Lithuania 124 2 68 34.0 3.6
38 IT Italy 1862 64 715 32.4 57.5
39 BM Bermuda 2 0 4 32.2 0.1
40 LI Liechtenstein 1 0 2 32.1 0.0
41 MT Malta 12 0 5 32.0 0.4
42 UY Uruguay 94 0 21 29.0 3.2
43 KY Cayman Islands 1 0 2 28.9 0.0
44 BB Barbados 7 0 2 27.2 0.3
45 PL Poland 979 48 643 25.3 38.6
46 CY Cyprus 18 0 3 24.2 0.7
47 BZ Belize 5 0 5 22.8 0.2
48 CR Costa Rica 77 0 33 22.2 3.5
49 MV Maldives 6 0 1 22.2 0.3
50 SK Slovakia 104 1 76 19.4 5.4
51 MP Northern Mariana Islands 1 0 1 19.1 0.1
52 TW Taiwan 370 4 149 17.2 21.5
53 MH Marshall Islands 1 0 0 17.1 0.1
54 RO Romania 340 35 185 15.7 21.7
55 BR Brazil 2391 47 579 14.7 162.7
56 BG Bulgaria 123 6 54 14.3 8.6
57 ZA South Africa 570 11 256 13.7 41.7
58 LV Latvia 33 0 28 13.4 2.5
59 BN Brunei 4 0 3 13.3 0.3
60 MY Malaysia 248 7 62 12.4 20.0
61 CL Chile 166 6 73 11.6 14.3
62 AR Argentina 389 7 123 11.2 34.7
63 TT Trinidad and Tobago 14 0 3 11.0 1.3
64 NC New Caledonia 2 0 7 10.7 0.2
65 VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) 1 0 0 10.3 0.1
66 MQ Martinique 4 0 1 10.0 0.4
67 PF French Polynesia 2 0 2 8.9 0.2
68 BH Bahrain 5 0 3 8.5 0.6
69 NA Namibia 13 0 9 7.8 1.7
70 BS Bahamas 2 0 0 7.7 0.3
71 PA Panama 20 0 10 7.5 2.7
72 YU Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte 81 2 53 7.5 10.8
73 PR Puerto Rico 28 0 10 7.3 3.8
74 RU Russia 1038 33 460 7.0 148.2
75 JP Japan 777 7 211 6.2 125.4
76 MK Macedonia 13 2 4 6.2 2.1
77 KW Kuwait 12 0 4 6.2 2.0
78 MO Macau 3 0 0 6.0 0.5
79 VU Vanuatu 1 0 3 5.6 0.2
80 QA Qatar 3 1 1 5.5 0.5
81 MU Mauritius 6 0 2 5.3 1.1
82 AN Netherlands Antilles 1 0 1 4.8 0.2
83 SR Suriname 2 0 2 4.6 0.4
84 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 0 1 4.5 2.7
85 VE Venezuela 98 0 41 4.5 22.0
86 PY Paraguay 24 0 6 4.4 5.5
87 AE United Arab Emirates 13 1 6 4.3 3.1
88 UA Ukraine 216 9 107 4.2 50.9
89 MX Mexico 403 16 175 4.2 95.8
90 TR Turkey 259 4 98 4.1 62.5
91 CO Colombia 141 2 52 3.8 36.8
92 GA Gabon 4 0 2 3.4 1.2
93 AM Armenia 11 0 5 3.2 3.5
94 JM Jamaica 8 0 2 3.1 2.6
95 RE Reunion 2 0 0 2.9 0.7
96 BY Belarus 30 2 16 2.9 10.4
97 BW Botswana 4 0 2 2.7 1.5
98 MD Moldova 11 0 4 2.5 4.5
99 TN Tunisia 22 0 8 2.4 9.0
100 TH Thailand 143 2 53 2.4 58.9
101 CU Cuba 26 5 17 2.4 11.0
102 BO Bolivia 14 0 2 2.0 7.2
103 LB Lebanon 7 1 4 1.9 3.8
104 OM Oman 4 0 0 1.8 2.2
105 SV El Salvador 10 0 11 1.7 5.8
106 EC Ecuador 19 0 4 1.7 11.5
107 HN Honduras 9 0 4 1.6 5.6
108 MN Mongolia 4 0 3 1.6 2.5
109 PE Peru 35 0 12 1.4 24.5
110 GY Guyana 1 0 0 1.4 0.7
111 PH Philippines 102 4 30 1.4 74.5
112 DO Dominican Republic 10 0 3 1.2 8.1
113 GT Guatemala 11 0 2 1.0 11.3
114 ZW Zimbabwe 9 0 5 0.8 11.3
115 HK Hong Kong 5 0 0 0.8 6.3
116 PG Papua New Guinea 3 0 1 0.7 4.4
117 LK Sri Lanka 12 1 2 0.6 18.6
118 ID Indonesia 132 34 51 0.6 206.6
119 AL Albania 2 2 2 0.6 3.2
120 KZ Kazakhstan 10 0 4 0.6 16.9
121 EG Egypt 37 1 5 0.6 63.6
122 ZM Zambia 5 0 4 0.5 9.2
123 CN China 627 3 136 0.5 1210.0
124 JO Jordan 2 0 1 0.5 4.2
125 UZ Uzbekistan 11 0 4 0.5 23.4
126 SA Saudi Arabia 9 0 7 0.5 19.4
127 IN India 424 16 149 0.4 952.1
128 MA Morocco 13 0 8 0.4 29.8
129 AZ Azerbaijan 3 0 2 0.4 7.7
130 GE Georgia 2 0 18 0.4 5.2
131 CI Cote d'Ivoire 5 0 1 0.3 14.8
132 CF Central African Republic 1 0 0 0.3 3.3
133 MZ Mozambique 5 0 2 0.3 17.9
134 PK Pakistan 33 5 7 0.3 129.3
135 NI Nicaragua 1 0 0 0.2 4.3
136 VN Vietnam 17 0 2 0.2 74.0
137 KG Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 0.2 4.5
138 SN Senegal 2 0 0 0.2 9.1
139 MG Madagascar 3 0 1 0.2 13.7
140 KE Kenya 6 0 1 0.2 28.2
141 CM Cameroon 3 0 2 0.2 14.3
142 KH Cambodia 2 0 1 0.2 10.9
143 NP Nepal 4 0 0 0.2 22.1
144 RW Rwanda 1 0 0 0.1 6.9
145 TZ Tanzania 3 0 0 0.1 29.1
146 IR Iran 6 0 8 0.1 66.1
147 ET Ethiopia 4 0 0 0.1 57.2
148 UG Uganda 1 0 0 0.0 20.2
149 BD Bangladesh 5 0 4 0.0 123.1
150 DZ Algeria 1 0 0 0.0 29.2
151 XW The World (Somewhere in it) 191 25 1 0.0 5771.9
152 NG Nigeria 2 0 1 0.0 103.9
WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX
Place Users Percent
==============================
school 15344 17.30%
home 77999 87.95%
not used 17 0.02%
work 33746 38.05%
somewhere 2842 3.20%
==============================
TOTAL 88684 100.00%
NOTE: The total is the 88684 users who answered this question.
Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 129948
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From: "Brian Donovan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting Drives on a Win9x computer
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 19:15:48 -0500
Hi, Is there any way that I can mount a shared win98. I have Ethernet cards
in both my Linux box and the win98 box and they are connected through a hub.
I need access to the CDRom drives on the win98 machine. I can ftp from them
fine but it there any way I can mount them directly.
Donovan
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From: "Spud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: need some application recommendations
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 04:40:00 GMT
Please look around the net and lurk around the newsgroup for a few
days before posting your questions. You will save everyone time.
1) Get GMC, the GNOME file manager for graphical file management.
2) The best window manager is Enlightenment. www.enlightenment.org
3) http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ldp.html for all your HOWTO needs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:48:19 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
spake unto us, saying:
>The reason I compare UNIX CLI vs. Windows GUI is because of a few
>reasons. 1) the CLI has all of the socalled "benefits" of the 32-bit
>GUI, and 2) In UNIX, the CLI is (typically) the primary interface,
>whereas in Windows, the GUI is (typically) the primary interface.
#2 is not correct if you're talking about inexperienced users. Yes, if
the user is a sysadmin or a programmer, the CLI is often used (and is
often the focus), but all the user workstations I've ever seen used the
GUI (usually CDE in our case with Solaris).
>Also, Linux is the OS. Windows is (well, according to Microsoft),
>the OS. XFree86 isn't part of Linux as a part of the actual Operating
>System, it is a program that sits on top of the Operating System.
Actually, the GUI in Windows is a separate program executable also (the
explorer), and it can be replaced. See LiteStep.
I don't think your comparison is fair.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
Is SEX dirty? Only if it is done RIGHT!!!!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux
Subject: Re: More bad news for NT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 18:52:26 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian Hurt)
spake unto us, saying:
>"David Hawthorne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote many things,
>including:
>
>>Now this sort of attitude is exactly what pisses me off about Linux
>>newsgroups - 'Microsoft is worthless crap full stop'. Well, no, actually,
>>it's not. It has brought computing to the masses by providing an operating
>>system which does not require deep understanding on the part of the user.
>
>I thought the Mac had this distinction.
It does, but remember that many Microsoft advocates don't acknowledge
anything until Microsoft implements it because "it's not mainstream"
until that point.
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OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
Pro is to con as progress is to Congress.
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