I'll try to help putting it to LaTeX, and then convert it to PostScript and PDF. Send me an e-mail if help is needed. Regards, Kenneth Tan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C. J. Kenneth Tan E-mail: cjtan@acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038 cjtan@ieee.org 1-403-606-4257 cjtan@computer.org Facsimile: 1-403-284-1980 URL: <A HREF="http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc"><A HREF="http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc</A">http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc</A</A>> 1-403-244-4123 "A working program without comment is a time bomb waiting to explode." -- Steve Oualline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

Hi,

On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Raymond Doetjes wrote:

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Does any one know if and otherwise when SuSE will make an Alpha distribution.

We should really put up a FAQ for these kind of questions :) I'd volunteer to do so, if you guys out there send me some contributions! I will put them together, maybe even write some answers.

To answer your question, we will first move over to libc6 aka glibc. As soon as the i386 Distribution (6.0) will run stable, we will take the plunge an do the Alpha port. It is expected to be released _after_ S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0, so please be patient.

...

My colleque is running RedHat, but he has the same problems with RedHat that I had before I switched to SuSE.

But I really pull my hat for their effort. I once installed a RH (4.2 IIRC) on a sparc, it worked like a charm. It is no easy task to have a consistent distribution for so many platforms.

...

Glint that doesn't work, the user manager that isn't 1000ke etc... He wants SuSE also, but having an Alpha it is a whole lot of work to change all the make files and compile all tha packages.

Then you can imagine, what lies ahead for us :^)

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But anyway it is really really fast!!!

Agreed. I'd love to have one, too...

LenZ

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On Thu, 13 Aug 1998, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

We should really put up a FAQ for these kind of questions :) I'd volunteer to do so, if you guys out there send me some contributions! I will put them together, maybe even write some answers.

what kind of contributions? A SuSE faq would be very kewl, and would also give quick information to pass on to people/friend I talk to who are interesting in trying linux, when I do my usual 'get SuSE, it's an awesome distribution' thingie. Michael - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e

On Fri, 14 Aug 1998, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

I was thinking of questions with answers that you consider to be a FAQ in this group. I'd appreciate to have it in raw ASCII, so I can easily paste it into the document :)

Yes, I understand now. Hopefully we'll have a S.u.S.E faq soon as some of the most commonly asked questions (egcs, glibc, alpha ports) may changes shawtly. 6.0 really isn't that far off if you intend to release it this year.

Hmm, I'm not sure, if it will be suitable to pass on as a leaflet :^) Let's see, where it will go.

Greetings,

LenZ You're right, of course, letting someone borrow one of the books you put out or directing them to the website might be more appropriate,

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Karl Eichwalder wrote:

The "problem" isn't to write such a document -- the "problem" is to keep it up-to-date...

If that is a problem, I would be happy to help Lenz or whoever is in charge of maintaining online documentation for S.u.S.E. keep the mailing list FAQ up to date. I devote most of my waking hours to unix and unix-like operating systems already, it's not a real stretch for me to devote some of my time to my favorite one :) -- .###. /#######\## -==============================================- ;##### ;# Mike's WindowMaker ;##### ;# <A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html"><A HREF="http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A">http://tasteslikechicken.ml.org/windowmaker.html</A</A>> \# /## -==============================================- ###'---'#### - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e