My next Slackware/Samba project is to make a fax server out of my Linux box
which already is file server to three win95 clients. I have not yet
installed X.
I have downloaded Hylafax tar files and printed out the documentation in
hard copy. Not being a wimp or anything, but by skimiing the docs I found
the the building and configuration of Hylafax very advanced, requiring gcc
C++ compiler, C++ runtime libraries, ghostscript, etc. etc. while my
exposure to Linux is merely six weeks, no prior UNIX experience.
My questions are:
1) Is there another viable alternative to Hylafax, may be one that is
simpler to install and maintain? If possible, one not requiring X.
2) With or without the option in (1), would it be worthwhile at this point
to go ahead and attempt installing Hylafax, given my limited background? I
know any learning experience is good but there should at least be (in my
mind) a remote chance of success. I don't want to be a highschool junior
attending a class in nuclear physics, if you know what I mean.
TIA,
Shaggy
Bangkok, Thailand
