Subject: Re: Alpha NT´er gone linux!
From: Ric Tibbetts (tibbetts@oz.net)
Date: Fri Aug 27 1999 - 12:32:47 PDT
"Gregory G. Dyess" wrote:
>
> Here's the first of many stupid Linux questions from a former NT/Alpha
> person...
>
> What is RPM? My only thought is automotive in nature...
>
> A better question is probably: where is the FAQ?
>
Redhat Package Manager
There's man a page written about it. RedHat Sells one titled Maximum RPM
Check the man pages first though. There's also a HOWTO. Check /usr/doc/HOWTO,
and look for RPM
Ric
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlet@orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu
> [mailto:charlet@orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu]On Behalf Of Charles E
> Taylor IV
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 11:50 AM
> To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: Alpha NT´er gone linux!
>
> On 27-Aug-99 Ric Tibbetts wrote:
>
> > I'd be interested in discussing your shared scanner setup. I'm planning on
> > doing
> > the same thing, and as you've already got it working, it would save me
> some
> > time
> > and experimentation.
> > How are you sharing the scanner?
>
> Not the same guy, but I *do* have a scanner server in my home network using
> sane. The installation was fairly trivial using RPM on my Intel box at
> home,
> and all my other Linux machines can use the scanner on my 486-based server.
>
> To me, this was a big advantage, as I can continue with my work while the
> scanner server takes care of the load. Using GIMP, at least, scanning this
> way
> is just like scanning from the local machine except the local machine
> doesn't
> bog down. :)
>
> If you like, I can post later the steps I used to get the setup working.
> I'd
> start off looking for the latest sane RPMs...
>
> One caveat, and it's probably just the fact that my (old Mustek) scanner
> sucks -
> sometimes I have to restart the scanning software between scans. As this
> simply means selecting the acquire image menu option again, it's not that
> big
> of a deal to me.
>
> ---
> Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV <charlet@clemson.edu>
> http://orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu
> "We got the MRxL, and you got none!"
>
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-- Best RegardsRic Tibbetts
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