Author: Guido Schimmels
Date: 12:03:14 05/22/02
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On May 22, 2002 at 14:01:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 21, 2002 at 12:07:59, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: [big snip] >> - getting files from a CDrom. Default the cd drives aren't automounted. > > >Sorry but if you run X, then "magicdev" is running and it _will_ automatically >mount the CD if you insert it. Never heard of this one. New in 4.2 ? [snip] >> - Scanner. Could *anyone* tell me how to get to work my HP scanner under >> linux? I do not know it at all. I would appreciate if someone knew. >> So after nearly 10 years of experience with linux, i still don't know >> how to get a scanner to work! > >Read the HOWTO. If it is SCSI plug it in and choose your scanner >software. Buying one of the USB-scanners that work is cheaper. SCSI-controllers and SCSI-devices don't pay off on a modern PC. Too much extra money for what you get. > >> - capitals versus lower case. This is IMHO the biggest mistake in the >> unix world, which Bill didn't make. Linux sees a difference between >> Linux and linux. It is called linux, not Linux. Because linux sees >> a difference between lower case and capitals. So please spell it as >> linux. Not as Linux... > > >This was _not_ a mistake. It was a mistake in CPM, carried over into MSDOS >and windows. Case-sensitive is a _good_ thing since most operating systems >are case-sensitive. As are most humans... As is the C programming language Vincent uses for his chess engine, buy they way ;-) The unix shell is nothing else than another programming environment. Why use different conventions then ? Especially as chess engines nowadays are mostly integrated into the gui the unix way even on Windows ! >IE are you vincent or Vincent? How do you sign your name? [snip] >> - Now i talk about Redhat of course, but compared to redhat other >> distributions with exception perhaps of Debian (Suse doesn't count >> as you can't download that for free, i need to BUY it in a shop >> in order to get a legal working copy), they suck ass anyway, but >> there are major problems with the size it needs. > >This is wrong. _all_ linux distributions must be downloadable or they >violate the GPL the linux kernel is distributed under. How about Caldera ? >I have downloaded >SUSE in the past, but I prefer redhat personally. Yes, but they put their latest distro on their servers with a month or so delay. Tell me if this no longer true. [snip] -Guido-
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