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Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Nov 21st, 2006
Replies: 3
Views: 3,441
Posted By TheOgre
http://www.squid-cache.org/

Google search for the thousands of HOWTOs available on the Net.
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Nov 7th, 2006
Replies: 3
Views: 3,441
Posted By TheOgre
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Aug 3rd, 2005
Replies: 18
Views: 28,178
Posted By TheOgre
cat /etc/fstab

will show the list of partitions/slices that are mountable on the system, along with their filesystem.

Example (from a FreeBSD system):


cat /etc/fstab

# Device ...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Dec 20th, 2004
Replies: 26
Views: 11,023
Posted By TheOgre
You can install Debian, Slackware, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD across the Net using 2 floppies. Don't know about any other distros - I've only done it using those I mentioned, and it keeps the CD...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Dec 20th, 2004
Replies: 19
Views: 5,444
Posted By TheOgre
?!

I burn between 10 and 40 CDs per week on either a 48x or a 52x drive (including Linux & UNIX ISOs) and have never heard of "anything faster than 24x will cause problems." Most of the burning...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Dec 20th, 2004
Replies: 22
Views: 9,170
Posted By TheOgre
They don't offer Linux as an operating system on their desktops or laptops anymore because there wasn't much of a demand when they did offer it. Now they offer machines with no operating system...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Aug 3rd, 2004
Replies: 11
Views: 6,996
Posted By TheOgre
If you want to learn UNIX, why not learn it on UNIX, such as FreeBSD? (There's also a free Solaris download for x86 available from Sun.) MOST of the commands in Linux are the same in UNIX, but there...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Jul 28th, 2004
Replies: 17
Views: 7,178
Posted By TheOgre
xlulux: Do your homework, Bub. There *are* some flavors of UNIX that are free (see my last post in this thread) and widely used.

As far as hardware support, NetBSD runs on pretty much...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Jul 28th, 2004
Replies: 17
Views: 7,178
Posted By TheOgre
OpenBSD, NetBSD, and FreeBSD are all UNIX, Open-Source, and FREE. (The Open Group actually owns the "UNIX" trademark, but HP-UX, Solaris, et al are all unices for the sake of argument...)

...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro May 19th, 2004
Replies: 25
Views: 5,807
Posted By TheOgre
FreeBSD.

'nuff said.

:)

Well, OK. Slackware and FreeBSD.
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro May 19th, 2004
Replies: 10
Views: 9,551
Posted By TheOgre
Comparing RedHat to Gentoo is like comparing Mandrake to FreeBSD. They both use different packaging methods, different libraries, and have an altogether different directory structure (in some...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Apr 29th, 2004
Replies: 18
Views: 28,178
Posted By TheOgre
Sorry I've been away for awhile - work followed by a sunny vacation in Florida, doncha know...

I'll be posting a bunch of stuff next week after I get caught up at the office. Some howto's,...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Mar 23rd, 2004
Replies: 14
Views: 5,073
Posted By TheOgre
/usr/doc/
/usr/share/doc/
/usr/local/doc/
man
info
apropos

Who needs 'net for docs? :)
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Mar 4th, 2004
Replies: 18
Views: 28,178
Posted By TheOgre
A few minor corrections:
ln sourceName destDirectory create symbolic link to a file
Should be:

ln -s source destination (the -s switch denotes a symbolic link)
sh the standard...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Mar 3rd, 2004
Replies: 28
Views: 9,228
Posted By TheOgre
Not too bad, but here's some you left out:

http://www.sans.org/ (Computer Security Education and Information Security Training)
http://www.gocsi.com/ (Computer Security Institute)
...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Feb 18th, 2004
Replies: 28
Views: 9,228
Posted By TheOgre
This forum isn't meant for arguments, so I won't post any comments about that, except that any network that doesn't have some kind of firewall or antivirus protection deserves to get owned/infected.
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Feb 17th, 2004
Replies: 28
Views: 9,228
Posted By TheOgre
More advanced does not always mean more stable, just like easy doesn't always mean unstable.

More advanced does NOT mean more user-friendly. Try Slackware to see what I mean.

Also, keep in...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Feb 17th, 2004
Replies: 28
Views: 9,228
Posted By TheOgre
I disagree. It's not a myth at all, but a reality. Those distributions were designed with "easy" in mind, regarding installing and upgrading packages. Show me a first-time Linux user who knows...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Feb 6th, 2004
Replies: 23
Views: 10,270
Posted By TheOgre
Don't forget about gnoppix, which is basically Knoppix with a Gnome wm, as opposed to KDE.

http://www.gnoppix.org

There's also LindowsCD, which is the same thing as Knoppix & Gnoppix - a...
Forum: Getting Started and Choosing a Distro Jan 21st, 2004
Replies: 6
Views: 3,273
Posted By TheOgre
I'll be there tomorrow and Friday. Would've been there today, but I had a client who had "issues."
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