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- From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.answers,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux.help,comp.answers,news.answers
- Subject: Changes to Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
- Keywords: FAQ, Linux, changes, diff
- Summary: For those who have already read the FAQ and want to know what's new.
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- This document gives an English description of what has changed in the
- most recent version of the Linux FAQ.
-
- Comments on and submissions for the FAQ are strongly encouraged and
- welcomed - I don't have time to read every article in col.*, and
- thus need your assistance to spot the FAQ-threads that I miss.
-
-
- Changes May - July [sic] 1995:
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- New Questions:
- Q8.1. What's all this about ELF ?
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- Modified Questions:
- Q1.3. Does it run on my computer ? 286's clarified, SMP being worked on.
- Q2.8. What's mailing lists are there ? Not niksula.hut.fi (other Q's too).
- Q1.4. What ports to other processors 68K FAQ filename updated.
- Q1.4. What ports to other processors PPC emphasis changed.
- Q1.4. What ports to other processors ARM newsgroups changed.
- Q2.3. What newsgroups are there Croatia: hr.comp.linux.m.
- Q2.5. Where can I get ... by FTP ? ftp.mcc.ac.uk is in UK.
- Q2.5. Where can I get ... by FTP ? New: ftp.dstc.edu.au, ftp.zel.fer.hr.
- Q2.7. I don't have Usenet access. Use vger for announce digests.
- Q3.1. Can Linux share my disk ... Q clarified, poss. problems mentioned.
- Q3.5. Can I access BSD FFS, SysV UFS, hfs (Mac) filename updated.
- Q4.1. ... with my large disk ? Spurious } and word `use' removed.
- Q5.1. What is ld.so and where do ... Not so new any more. v.1.7.3.
- Q5.2. Has anyone ported / compiled ... Newsgroup name is col.apps.
- Q5.6. Where are <linux/*.h> and ... asm is now asm-<arch>.
- Q5.9. How do ... executables smaller ? strip is equivalent to using ld -s.
- Q5.9. How do ... executables smaller ? comment about QMAGIC removed.
- Q6.2. Free memory ... keeps shrinking. Newer v's of `free' do arithmetic.
- Q6.3. ... more memory it slows ... Newsgroup is col.hardware.
- Q7.2. How do I switch virtual consoles VC's tty13 &c on Right Alt.
- Q7.5. ... enable or disable core dumps In ksh use rlimit; more kernel info.
- Q7.7. serial ports sharing interrupts Some multi-port cards can do this.
- Q7.9. How do I remap my keyboard ... kbd filename corrected.
- Q7.10. How do I get NUM LOCK ... kbd filename made general, with xref.
- Q8.5. What is the Linux Journal ... Added URL http://www.ssc.com/
- Q9.6. make says Error 139 Could be cache. Manuals can be wrong.
- Q10.2. Where can I get an XF86Config Don't post answers to such requests.
- Q13.1. Feedback is invited Don't send me patchfiles (diffs) !
- Q13.2. Formats in which this FAQ ... WWW mirrors, including www.li.org.
- Q13.4. Disclaimer and Copyright Copyright year includes 1995.
-
-
- Changes March - May 1995:
-
- New Questions:
- Q4.1. How can I get Linux to work with my large disk ?
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- Modified Questions:
- Q3.6. Can I run Microsoft Windows ... Mentioned possible dosemu support.
- Q1.3. Does it run on my computer ? Said no multiprocessor support.
- Q1.4. What ports to other processors 68K X server; new URLs in text.
- Q1.4. What ports to other processors MacLinux rumoured dead.
- Q4.9. Is there something like Stacker DouBle FTP location changed.
- Q6.8. ... weird characters ... Removed suggestion of ^O in prompt.
- Q7.7. ... more than 3 serial ports ... Just can't *use* all at once.
- Q7.9. How do I remap my keyboard ... kbd-0.xx.tar.gz version number.
- Q9.12. EXT2-fs warning: maximal count e2fsprogs version number.
- Q9.15. ... different physical/logical Moved much stuff to new Q4.1.
- Q10.1. Does Linux support X Windows ? XFree86 version is 3.1.1.
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- All question numbers should refer to the numbering in the new edition
- in each case (eg, for the January to February changes the numbers
- would refer to the February edition).
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