Linux-Misc Digest #977, Volume #19 Wed, 28 Apr 99 19:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Distribution ("Eric")
Re: Dos Text Files to Linux Text Files (John C. Oppenheimer)
Re: Bash Instructions (Michael Powe)
WIn98 logon (john xu)
.cshrc setup help (Jason Bond)
How to run Trident 3DImage975 -based videocards (Andrew Comech)
Re: Really big hd under linux (John Garrison)
ps and pdf plugins for Linux (Neil Zanella)
Xfree, fvwm2 and 24 bit mode (Martin Schultz)
Re: WIn98 logon (Yan Seiner)
Learning Linux ("ITTE")
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Pete Barrett)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Michael David Jones)
Re: RH5.2, 8-bit Soundblaster(2.1) and mpg123? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH5.2, 8-bit Soundblaster(2.1) and mpg123? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
equal signs at end of lines in email (Carl Crawford)
Re: More newbie questions... (Paul Kimoto)
A queston of fonts ("HAL@Discovery")
Re: StarOffice 5.0 (root)
Mouse under X (Prins Olivier)
Re: Redhat 6.0? ("jeff m.")
Re: HP supports Linux (Jeremiah)
BIND 8 on Redhat 5.2 IP Aliasing makes it go berzerk. (Gregory Carter)
converting ps to pdf (Neil Zanella)
Re: linux on floppy? (Tom Fawcett)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Prins Olivier)
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Distribution
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:59:41 +1000
I'm a newbie to linux, but from what little experience I have I say this:
RedHat is a nice distro, but configuring is harder given somewhat unorthodox
file locations. Also, rpm is great for installing, but upgrading and
uninstalling is a pain, especially libraries. I'm considering switching to
Debian. any comments?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John C. Oppenheimer)
Subject: Re: Dos Text Files to Linux Text Files
Date: 28 Apr 1999 14:28:18 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Do any of you helpful folk out there know of a good way to
>convert a dos text file to a linux text file? See, when I read my
>dos text files in vi, all of the carriage returns are replaced by
>control-m's and carriage returns....terribly annoying. Thanks
>kindly for any help.
>
> Jason
Try:
tr -d "\015" < dos_file > linux_file
John
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Subject: Re: Bash Instructions
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28 Apr 1999 11:58:34 -0700
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>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Stephen> Does anyone know of a good site for learning bash? I
Stephen> would like to write some scripts for menus and things in
Stephen> my system but haven't found anything on this. I'd rather
Stephen> not have to resort to buying a book if I don't have to.
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/gnu/bash/bash-doc-2.03.tar.gz
<Learning the Bash Shell> by Cameron Newham & Bill Rosenblatt,
O'Reilly & Assoc.
mp
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From: john xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: WIn98 logon
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:33:34 GMT
All:
Need help for win98 log on to linux.
I have Redhat linux 5.2 installed on PII 400. I am trying to telnet and
ftp to this linux server from a machine which OS is win98. But it
failed. The message from linux is "Incorrect user name" or "Password" is
not correct. Even
anonymous ftp can not log on to linux from this machine. The fact is
that, any
other machines in my network (WIN NT, WIN95 and linux) have no problem
logon to this linux machine using the same username and password which
failed
log on from that WIN98.
Anybody has some clue or can give me some seggustion what's wrong?
Thank you very much
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I won't miss you.
--
==============================================
John
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From: Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: .cshrc setup help
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:56:05 -0700
I know that (when using the c shell) each time one opens a terminal
window,
the .cshrc file is executed. Is there a file that is executed (when
using the c
shell) once only upon login, and not every time one creates a new
terminal
window? Or could one setup a file to executed in such a way?
Thanks kindly,
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Comech)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How to run Trident 3DImage975 -based videocards
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 Apr 1999 13:00:27 -0500
Hi,
Many people complained they could not run videocards with Trident
3DImage975 (9750) chipset at decent resolutions (usually, the screen
just remained black at something like 1024x768).
I also spent some time on a Jaton videocard with this chipset, and now
I can squeeze any resolution out of it (up to 1200x1024), with decent
color depths:
bpp/resolution 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1200x1024
8 * * * * *
16 * * * * *
24 * * * - -
32 * * * - -
The recipe is kind-of simple, but strange: one needs to use _particular_
orders of resolutions in the "Modes" line. (I did not touch Modelines.)
The details are at
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/3DImage975.html
If you have time and need to try this recipe, I'd appreciate to hear
from you whether this (or some modification) solves your problems with
this chipset.
Hope this will help someone,
Andrew
PS. I guess this would also work for 3DImage985 chipset... I do not know.
PPS. for personal answers, please finger out my login name.
--
Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
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From: John Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Really big hd under linux
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:29:19 GMT
Linux doesn't properly detect my 12.5 gig hard drive. That's why I am
forced to use FreeBSD because Linux thinks it is a 7.5 gig hard drive.
Apparently though nobody else has this problem becuase I can't seem to get
an answer. (system commander couldn't detect if right either so its not a
OS problem, but it is a brand new drive)
Just be careful and make sure to keep the old drive and the reciept to the
new one around.
Yan Seiner wrote:
> I will need to upgrade my HD sometime soon. My data disk is 6.4 GB and
> it's getting squeezed. I am looking at the new 25 GB EIDE drives from
> IBM. Is it possible to format these as one large partition?
>
> I have a primary HD that has all the OS and swap on, so this one needs
> to be a big space for data.
>
> TIA,
>
> Yan
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ps and pdf plugins for Linux
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:22:05 -0230
Hello,
I would like people to be able to view ps and pdf documents at my website
by clicking on the browser links pointing to those documents. Does this
require a netscape plugin of some sort. Both servers and client
computers are Linux/Unix based.
Thanks,
Neil Zanella
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Martin Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Xfree, fvwm2 and 24 bit mode
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 17:43:37 -0400
Hi all,
almost surprisingly, startx -- -bpp 24 works ... except that it
messes up my colors so that I see almost negatives (blue becomes
red-pink etc.; this happens in netscape and IDL, a plotting package).
Interestingly, gs seems to get the colors about right.
does anyone know a solution to this?
Thanks,
Martin
PS: here the output from xdpyinfo:
name of display: :0.0
version number: 11.0
vendor string: The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number: 3330
maximum request size: 4194300 bytes
motion buffer size: 256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding: 32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order: LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats: 2
supported pixmap formats:
depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
depth 24, bits_per_pixel 24, scanline_pad 32
keycode range: minimum 8, maximum 134
focus: window 0x280000d, revert to Parent
number of extensions: 19
BIG-REQUESTS
DOUBLE-BUFFER
DPMS
LBX
MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
MIT-SHM
MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
RECORD
SECURITY
SHAPE
SYNC
XC-APPGROUP
XC-MISC
XFree86-DGA
XFree86-Misc
XFree86-VidModeExtension
XInputExtension
XKEYBOARD
XTEST
default screen number: 0
number of screens: 1
screen #0:
dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (347x260 millimeters)
resolution: 75x75 dots per inch
depths (1): 24
root window id: 0x26
depth of root window: 24 planes
number of colormaps: minimum 1, maximum 1
default colormap: 0x23
default number of colormap cells: 256
preallocated pixels: black 0, white 16777215
options: backing-store YES, save-unders YES
largest cursor: 1024x768
current input event mask: 0x58003d
KeyPressMask ButtonPressMask
ButtonReleaseMask
EnterWindowMask LeaveWindowMask
SubstructureNotifyMask
SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask
number of visuals: 1
default visual id: 0x22
visual:
visual id: 0x22
class: TrueColor
depth: 24 planes
available colormap entries: 256 per subfield
red, green, blue masks: 0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
significant bits in color specification: 8 bits
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Martin Schultz, DEAS, Harvard University, 29 Oxford St., Pierce 109,
Cambridge, MA 02138 phone (617) 496 8318 fax (617) 495 4551
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://www-as/people/staff/mgs/
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: WIn98 logon
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:11:59 -0400
Possibly because W98 uses encrypted passwords? I bet you don't have SP4
installed on NT either...
Do a search of the MS KB and disable encrypted passwds in the W98
registry.
Yan
john xu wrote:
>
> All:
> Need help for win98 log on to linux.
> I have Redhat linux 5.2 installed on PII 400. I am trying to telnet and
> ftp to this linux server from a machine which OS is win98. But it
> failed. The message from linux is "Incorrect user name" or "Password" is
> not correct. Even
> anonymous ftp can not log on to linux from this machine. The fact is
> that, any
> other machines in my network (WIN NT, WIN95 and linux) have no problem
> logon to this linux machine using the same username and password which
> failed
> log on from that WIN98.
>
> Anybody has some clue or can give me some seggustion what's wrong?
>
> Thank you very much
> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I won't miss you.
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------
> John
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Barrett)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:15:25 GMT
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 12:28:40 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie
Stross) wrote:
>
>I think you're completely missing the central point.
>
>The free software movement is basically the little boy standing by the
>parade, pointing at the Emperor, and shouting "but he isn't wearing
>anything!" The emperor in question is, of course, our current notion of
>intellectual property.
>
>....
>
>And so, we come to the free software movement: loudly declaring "but
>your whole idea of copyrights and patents and selling something that can
>be copied freely is a load of crap! Charge for support and services,
>make the software itself free, and you won't have to deal with these
>internal contradictions!"
>
Agree with the (snipped) analysis, but this author, who has no talent
for support and has no services to provide, would still like to make a
living somehow <g>.
>Well, time will tell. Personally, I think the answer is a thorough
>overhaul of copyright and patent laws, drafted _not_ from the point of
>view of the big multinationals (who want to be able to copyright
>database schemas and patent mathematical theorems if it helps them make
>more profits) but from the point of view of the original agreed social
>goals -- to protect the writers (and programmers, and musicians) from
>plagiarism, and to encourage the inventors to keep inventing and raising
>our standard of living.
>
Nice if it happens, but the multinationals have an awful lot of
economic power, and governments don't want to go against them.
Considering that some of the countries in the Far East seem to have no
concept of intellectual property, and information is getting easier
and easier to copy (why does nobody copy a book? because to do it
effieciently takes a large investment in plant; why does everyone
(including me, but only for personal use) copy music? because it takes
almost no investment to do so; and the same goes for software and
electronic books), I can see the concept of intellectual property
going down the drain. The FSF's ideas may be more practical.
Pete Barrett
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael David Jones)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: 28 Apr 1999 18:22:31 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Barrett) writes:
>On 28 Apr 1999 15:23:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>There's nothing wrong with Communism.
>>The fact that no government on earth has managed to actually abide by
>>Marksist doctrine proves nothing.
>Ask yourself why. Could it be that it's hopelessly impractical?
Or perhaps not. No government on earth has managed to actually
establish a stable pure capitalist state, either.
Mike Jones | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let me show you how the guards used to do it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH5.2, 8-bit Soundblaster(2.1) and mpg123?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:12:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Frank Riha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Could someone tell me if mpg123 is capable of playing MP3 files through
> > an 8-bit sound card?
> > I have correctly configured my 8-bit card (can play .au files using sox
> > and audio cd's). But when I play .MP3 files, all I hear is noise!
> > I made sure that the files were transferred in binary mode (contrary
> > to a previous suggestion).
> > Thank you kindly.
> >
> > -Thas
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> You probably need to downmix the MP3 to 8-bit. When I used x11amp on
> my SBPro (compatible) I used the -d flag (downmix to mono), and the
> -o8 (resolution flag) to get it to work. Of course this is mono, but
> it was better than nothing. I can't recall exactly because I haven't
> used it in quite a while. Hope this helps.
>
> frank
>
Unfortunately, mpg123 does not seem to have a flag to limit the resolution
to 8 bits. Could someone kindly point me to a //command line// player that
would support 8-bit and mono output?
Thankx.
-Thas
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH5.2, 8-bit Soundblaster(2.1) and mpg123?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:12:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Frank Riha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Could someone tell me if mpg123 is capable of playing MP3 files through
> > an 8-bit sound card?
> > I have correctly configured my 8-bit card (can play .au files using sox
> > and audio cd's). But when I play .MP3 files, all I hear is noise!
> > I made sure that the files were transferred in binary mode (contrary
> > to a previous suggestion).
> > Thank you kindly.
> >
> > -Thas
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
>
> You probably need to downmix the MP3 to 8-bit. When I used x11amp on
> my SBPro (compatible) I used the -d flag (downmix to mono), and the
> -o8 (resolution flag) to get it to work. Of course this is mono, but
> it was better than nothing. I can't recall exactly because I haven't
> used it in quite a while. Hope this helps.
>
> frank
>
Unfortunately, mpg123 does not seem to have a flag to limit the resolution
to 8 bits. Could someone kindly point me to a //command line// player that
would support 8-bit and mono output?
Thankx.
-Thas
============= Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ============
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Crawford)
Subject: equal signs at end of lines in email
Date: 28 Apr 1999 18:25:55 -0500
I am receiving a lot of email these days with equal signs (=)
at the ends of most lines. Sometimes, the equal signs are
followed by 0A and 20. I am using smail is a mailer. What
is the source of these equal signs and how do I get rid of them?
Thanks.
Carl R. Crawford Voice: 978-977-3000 x3519
Analogic Corporation Fax: 978-977-6805
8 Centennial Drive E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peabody, MA 01960-7987 Home: 617-566-0286
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: More newbie questions...
Date: 28 Apr 1999 14:20:45 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7g7cam$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ken Arromdee wrote:
> -- Sometimes I see references on the net to files in Documentation/whatever
> which seems to be a directory in the kernel source. I would like to look at
> these documentation files to find out how good support is for some devices.
> Are these useful for this purpose
Ah ... it depends.
> and is there any way I can get them over
> the net without having to download 13 megs of kernel source?
Try http://www.linuxhq.com/info-index.html . You may want to
pretend that "2.1" and "2.2" are the same.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "HAL@Discovery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A queston of fonts
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:24:41 -0700
Hello,
I am looking to expand my collecton of fonts that came with
the RH5.2 I installed. However, I am completely
unaware as to how fonts and an os work together.
Can I just download any font??
Or is there a utility that I need to use?
Also, can someone point me to a site where I
can get some fonts ?
The Gimp is great but I cannot find the fonts it has
listed in its' scriptfues.
Thanks,
Warren
http://www.thewomb.com
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: nwu.comp.unix.linux,nwu.comp.misc
Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.0
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:16:38 +0200
I have excactly the same problem as you !!!
I have not been able to run or install StarOffice since I installed glibc 2.1
and kernel 2.2.6...
Does anybody know just what the hell is going on ????
- mortenj
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Jeremy Weinberger wrote:
>Has anybody successfully installed StarOffice 5.0 Personal Edition for
>linux? I have a copy installed, but it refuses to run properly.
>Executing the "soffice" script, which sets a few library and font
>variables, then execs a real binary, runs for a few seconds and them
>simply quits. If I set the library path variables by hand, then execute
>the binary soffice.bin from the commandline, the same thing happens. It
>appears to execute for a few moments, then simply quits. I'm running a
>system installed with rh 5.1, glibc2.1, just built my 2.2.6 kernel. Is
>there another library somewhere that I need to update?
>
>Also, the stardivision website is truly revolting... All content is
>thoroughly obscured. Does anyone know where the *real*
>staroffice/stardivision usenet groups are?
>
>jeremy
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From: Prins Olivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mouse under X
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:28:47 +0200
I'm trying to configure my Logitech serial mouse for use under X but i
can't get it to work......and after i've ran X with th wrong mouse
settings my screen just displays garbage....what can i do??
Prins Olivier
--
Running Windows on a PIII, is like driving a $200,000 Porsche only
backwards.....
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From: "jeff m." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:09:40 +0000
"Gero H. Marten" wrote:
>
> Wally McClure wrote:
> >
> > where can I download the redhat 6.0 distribution from?
>
> You want to download 1GB of software? Better buy the package with
> cd-roms.
>
> --
> Gero H. Marten
> <http://www.provi.de/gmarten/index.html>
> --
I can get the whole thing in under an hour. There's a University FTP
server mirroring redhat.com, luckily, about 300 feet from me and I get
200K downloads per second (I'm on ethernet of course). Pretty neat if ya
ask me. But, I hope you have more luck than I did while trying to
install. Nothing got installed. SOmething about every single
installation script not being completed. So, there I was with a crippled
machine and having to reinstall 5.2. ps..server is ftp.phys.ttu.edu.
Seems hardly used by anyone. Good luck.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremiah)
Subject: Re: HP supports Linux
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,alt.os.linux.slackware
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:05:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> As for printer drivers, I got my HP 890C pumping out colored images at
> 300x300dpi. What more could I ask for?
600x600dpi?
Brian
--
email to bmeloon at twcny dot rr dot com. evilquaker is a spam collector.
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From: Gregory Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: BIND 8 on Redhat 5.2 IP Aliasing makes it go berzerk.
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:41:24 +0000
Anybody have any idea why BIND will try and not only try to bind itself
to port .53 on eth0 but also on all of my other 200 some virtual
interfaces?
Bind 4.9 never did this. It eventualy dies because it runs out of file
descriptors trying to server 200 zones off each port.
-gc
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: converting ps to pdf
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 19:12:24 -0230
Hello,
What's the best way to convert
1) a ps file to a pdf file.
2) a tex file to a pdf file (how reliable is pdftex and how do I use and
where do I get it from? Does it come with
teTeX?)
Thanks,
Neil Zanella
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tom Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on floppy?
Date: 28 Apr 1999 18:44:54 -0400
Erik Ryberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have been unsuccessful in my search for linux on 3" floppy. Several
> web sites advertise that it is easily available but I have not found
> this to be so. Can anyone point me to a source? I cannot download to
> my computer and it has no cd drive.
There are quite a few, though they're often called bootdisks or rescue disks.
Check this directory:
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/recovery/!INDEX.html
The directory is poorly named, unfortunately.
-Tom
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From: Prins Olivier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 00:47:49 +0200
Brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Communism is just for those who are jealous of the people who
> have the initiative, intelligence, and forethought to make their own
> money instead of sitting on their asses complaining that society is
> pushing them down into the gutter.
That's just bullshit....I'm what u would call a communist ( it's
actually very different from that but you probably wouldnt understand),
and that doen't mean i'm jealous of other ppl, it also doesn't mean i'm
not sitting behind a 17" LG Flatron......and those people aren't sitting
on their asses a lot of times there just is no work.....and just
because we take care of the whole society, and doen't let millions
starve in the trash, doesn't mean we are all some sort of decadent
communists....
Prins Olivier
--
Running Windows on a PIII, is like driving a $200,000 Porsche only
backwards.....
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