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RE: whay am I still using windows




On 23-Jun-98 umpa loompa wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hello there
> As I told before, I've tried to install Linux on my
> computer as a wrokstation.
> Im working as a web-programmer and I thoght that

I am working as web programmer too.

> since my work is done mainly for unix systems I can
> do without windows…right??

Right.

> Wrong, thogh I've installed linux as our wem/mail/ftp
> server. 

Same here.
>I think that there is stil a long way ahead
> before we can use it  as workstations.

I agree, but with kde it's becoming more friendly
> The first
> problem was to configure the computer's hareware, but
> with the help of few linux gurus in this list I've
> meneged to fixs all the errors in the cd
> configuration that didn't disturbd the previuos
> installed winnt4.0 with hebrew support workstation.

It only seems like it with NT, but at some point the device vanish into thin MS
air
> Then I've endlessly compiled the kernel to get my
> sound card to work properly and my network card to be
> reckognized, when it was all done ( for some resone

With RH5.1 99% comes as modules, including the sound card, the only thing left
is to configure the /etc/conf.modules

> the make menuconfig didn't saved the sound file
> configuration -I finnaly changed the default port in
> the source code and it worked).

I compiled the kernel just to put in the 2.0.24 version, instead of the pre
2.0.24-6 that RH5.1 come with.

> I then passed to the next step of configuring the
> network. No metter what I did on the server a RedHat
> 4.2 linux) and on the client (Slackware 3.03) I
> couldn't mount the server hd  in read /write mode (or
> at least the dirctory wich I have to read and write
> from). 

Thank good NFS is more complex then just configuring the Network cards,
but if you can ping you can use NFS, it's just a FAQ away.

> Not to mention that I couldn't  see nor be
> seen by the Mac's in our office or by any of the win
> machines ( I installed samba and compiled the
> appletalk into the kernl, but couldn't find help
> about the rest of the apple configuration, 

How about the FAQ?

>and the
> samba source code fail to compile on my installation).

What about RPMS?

> Ok.. so I can do with ftp only..now what? I have
> looked for hebrew writing solutions , 

If you look for a hebrew HTML writing solution, the hebrew vim5 is the best if
you don't like MS word logical standard.

>configured the
> X windows to read my keyboard properly, and set the
> xterm to work. But  the vi /vim / elvis / jove / pico
> that I've used refused to get the copy /paste
> commands from the mouse. 

never had that problem till Kterm, but since it's beta, I use xclipboard for
kterm to netscape.


>I couldn't find Emacs 
> hebrew support, and not a single software to read
> word95 + documents that were sent attached to my
> email (yes -they were all hebrew documents).

The only solution is to extract the text using word view and then hebrew
vim, any other ideas?


> Today , after 12 days of struggle I've formated my
> hard disk and installed windows 95. It took me 2
> hours to get it up and running. 

What ever works for you.

>I know that I'll keep
> using linux on my home computer to surf the net and
> post emails, and as the server of our company (and it
> is much more stable server then the previous NT they
> have used), I know linux is a great OS.

Yap.

> Now I also
> know that linux is not a good solution as a work
> station.
As an Hebrew solution you are right but with KDE and Star Office 4, Linux is
friendly then ever.


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E-Mail: Gal Goldschmidt <gal@eliashim.co.il>
Date: 24-Jun-98
Time: 09:41:24

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