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Re: [SuSE Linux] Linux vs NT
by SOLARIS＠cicei.ulpgc.es 04 Feb '99

04 Feb '99

] From: Lenz Grimmer <grimmer(a)suse.de> ] ] Hmm, why does he compare 'double' (2) with '250'? Psychological effect? ] This article is a nice piece of ZD marketing. IMHO they are slightly ] biased... I agree. The article is a heavy PR for american products (RedHat, Caldera). It is always the same song. Cheers, APS - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] wordperfect
by jack＠malone.tyler.com 04 Feb '99

04 Feb '99

I seemed to have deleted the link to the word perfect site. does anyone have it an also is it just a demo version or is it free. thanks jack - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux]1.44mb X flop boot, latest
by lyates＠cris.com 04 Feb '99

04 Feb '99

I may have missed something...but I don't understand what you're referring to. Whatever it is, it sounds great! Would you outline what you're describing or point me to additional info? Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: John vanVlaanderen <johnvv(a)hotmail.com> To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux]1.44mb X flop boot, latest > > > > >Latest: > >I'm back on the mulinux list !!! > >(I wont tell you what I told them, lets just say I learned from Tom >Christensen, of perl f(l)ame ) > >So I combined the trinux with the mulinux X and I got: >" xinit: cannot load library 'libXt.so.6' " > >But none the less I got everything loaded, on only 2.2 floppies, well >within the 4mb limit for the "disk on chip" which is on the cyrix media >gx mother board from bcom in China. > >I could go back to the debian distribution and unload the X stuff, but >since SuSE and Cyrix are joined via the X server, the plan will be to >build from SuSE. > >But first I am going to side step to Caldera DOS to test the disk on >chip driver, there is a beta linux binary but I'll go with the non-beta >DOS version first. > >BTW, that ramdisk moves like the wind. I tested it up to 7mb. > >John van V. >Chief Bottle Washer, CXN Inc. > > > > > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the >archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Linux vs NT
by kar＠webline.dk 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

ZDNet has compared Linux and NT as fileserver and webserver on identical machines. <A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,387506,00.html"><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,387506,00.html</A">http://www.zdnet.com/sr/stories/issue/0,4537,387506,00.html</A</A>> I quote: "You might think that Linux would operate at a disadvantage here, but Linux kicks NT's butt. Only at the lightest loads does NT hold any advantage over the Linuxes. Once the load moves to 12 clients, all the Linux platforms take commanding leads over NT." "Linux with Apache beats NT 4.0 with IIS, hands down. SuSE, the least effective Linux, is 16 percent faster than IIS, and Caldera, the leader, is 50 percent faster. " Hm, "SusE, the least effective Linux"??? - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] Question re Logging of Messages
by skoper＠mediaone.net 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

Hi! I finally got my home network up and running, although there's plenty of fine tuning left to do. I have SuSE 5.3 (2.0.35 kernel) running on a machine with an AMD 5x86 133 processor (a VIP motherboard). I've got a Mediaone cable modem, with IP forwarding through a firewall. I understand that slower processors can be used as a server with little, if any, penalty on responsiveness. As I understand it, the CPU isn't much involved, and all the data is passing through the same size "pipes". My problem is this. In accordance with trusted guidance, I have various forms of logging on, and although performance may not be impacted on account of the processor and ethernet cards, with everything being logged to disk, Internet access does seem to be slower. Is there some way to reduce/avoid the constant disk writes without compromising security? Thanks. Stan Koper - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux] Linux vs NT
by johnvv＠hotmail.com 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

>>SuSE, the least effective Linux, is 16 percent faster than IIS, >> and Caldera, the leader is 50 percent faster. SuSE vs Caldera ??, no thank you, bad for the bottom line ;) BTW, there are even faster httpd's out there. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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Re: [SuSE Linux]1.44mb X flop boot, latest
by johnvv＠hotmail.com 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

Latest: I'm back on the mulinux list !!! (I wont tell you what I told them, lets just say I learned from Tom Christensen, of perl f(l)ame ) So I combined the trinux with the mulinux X and I got: " xinit: cannot load library 'libXt.so.6' " But none the less I got everything loaded, on only 2.2 floppies, well within the 4mb limit for the "disk on chip" which is on the cyrix media gx mother board from bcom in China. I could go back to the debian distribution and unload the X stuff, but since SuSE and Cyrix are joined via the X server, the plan will be to build from SuSE. But first I am going to side step to Caldera DOS to test the disk on chip driver, there is a beta linux binary but I'll go with the non-beta DOS version first. BTW, that ramdisk moves like the wind. I tested it up to 7mb. John van V. Chief Bottle Washer, CXN Inc. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] SuSE 6.0
by mpedro＠esoterica.pt 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

How do I burn with the ftp version os SuSE 6.0 in CD? Which dirs go in which CD? - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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[SuSE Linux] 1.44MB X windowing systems- Trinux, way cool.
by johnvv＠hotmail.com 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

Hi all, I have the trinux system installed with is a network monitoring and whatever else tool (you know what I mean) and the install is so far very nice. It is a based on Debian, and the author seems partial to that release. As far as X is concerned, I got unsubscribed from the mulinux list, which is in Italy, by someone posing as me, why I dont know. TinyX is based on an old slackware release, so I am not too sure if I can get it to run. Trinux uses Ramdisks which grow dynamically, which is way cool also. Quick rush out and get thay 64 mb special w/ the win95 keyboard thrown in. I'm still working on the X windows stuff, which looks like I may have to DIY, uh-oh. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com"><A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com</A">http://www.hotmail.com</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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RE: [SuSE Linux] Star Office 5.0
by Surjit.Bains＠hsam.co.uk 03 Feb '99

03 Feb '99

===================================================== This message and any attachments to it are subject to copyright and are sent for the personal attention of the addressee. It may include information which is legally privileged and exempt from disclosure. If you receive this communication in error, please advise us immediately. ===================================================== I recently Monday this week got the PCPLUS coverdisk contains Wordperf 8 some old Window managers . no sign of any new Linux Distribs... Surjit. -----Original Message----- From: Rachel Greenham [<A HREF="mailto:rachel@epinet.co.uk">mailto:rachel@epinet.co.uk</A>] Sent: 02 February 1999 21:05 To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.de Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] Star Office 5.0 ========================================== WARNING: External Email: This message was received from a source external to HSAM and therefore the sender's identity cannot be verified. ========================================== Ralph Clark wrote: > > Rachel Greenham wrote: > > > Ralph Clark wrote: > > > > > > Rachel Greenham wrote: > > > > > > > Has anyone else managed to install this on SuSE 6.0? > > > > > > > > I have, as far as I can tell, now fully upgraded my machine to 6.0, > > > > which I'm given to understand is glibc2-based. I've downloaded > > > > StarOffice 5.0 and its installer is saying I don't have the right > > > > libraries - namely glibc2. I don't want to run the library installer > > > > that StarOffice supply as last time I did that I killed my machine stone > > > > dead - had to go for a complete reinstall. > > > > > > > > I thought SuSE were now including StarOffice 5 - with presumably a > > > > suitable rpm or something - but I can find no sign of it on their site. > > > > > > You've got to buy the CD-ROM distribution for that. Some things just aren't > > > free. > > > > However, SuSE as it stands seems to make it impossible to install a > > StarOffice obtained from any other source - ie: StarDivision directly. > > This was more my point. > > > > -- > > Rachel > > Sorry, I misunderstood you. > > Star Division's own RPMs are probably for RedHat Linux and that's why SuSE have > had to roll their own version, to suit the SuSE file system and libraries. RPMs? hehe It's a tar file and complicated installation instructions. For what it's worth, I've actually done it. After a load of false starts, it turns out what I needed to do was to copy in a couple of stuff into /lib while running off a rescue disk, namely ld-2.0.7.so and a link to it ld-linux.so.2 (never mind that SuSE already has identically named files there, StarOffice wants its versions in there and nothing else seems to mind) and libc-2.0.7.so with libc.so.6 pointing to it, then run the rest of the glibc installation into StarOffice's own directory (default /opt/Office50/lib/) run the installer having set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include the above, then run StarOffice *without* having set LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Unbelievably difficult. One of those things that reminds me just how un-ready Linux is for the desktop. I'm now having problems as since upgrading from SuSE 6.0 beta to 6.0 proper, I've lost all printing capability. I'm sure I don't remember deinstalling printer support but /usr/bin/lpr and /etc/printcap have gone. I think I'll get the SuSE 6.0 CD. I want to blast this installation. I think I've got a lot of oddities because of upgrading from 6.0 beta rather than installing 6.0 from scratch. It comes out on a PC Plus coverdisk quite soon anyway, I hear. -- Rachel - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>

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