Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Jesse Pollard
- Received message begins Here - Admin Mailing Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [snip] >> There are dozens of similarly different (or differently similar - as your >> prefer) Linux based O/Ses distributions around the world and some have had >> 6.x versionning when RedHat was also 6

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Gérard Roudier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > There are dozens of similarly different (or differently similar - as > your prefer) Linux based O/Ses distributions around the world and > some have had 6.x versionning when RedHat was also 6.x (SuSe for > example). True enough. But empirically, I have not

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Admin Mailing Lists
> > > Note that I deliberately ignored my assumption when replying -- I gave > > instructions for Debian derivations, even though I don't know of any > > Debian-derived distribution with a version number 6.2. > > There are dozens of similarly different (or differently similar - as your > prefer)

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Gérard Roudier
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Peter Samuelson] > > > But it really bugs me when someone uses the term 'Linux 6.2' (: > > > I could not resist pointing out the distinction. > > [Gérard Roudier] > > You seem to do the same confusion of assuming that Linux is RedHat. Note >

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Peter Samuelson] > > But it really bugs me when someone uses the term 'Linux 6.2' (: > > I could not resist pointing out the distinction. [Gérard Roudier] > You seem to do the same confusion of assuming that Linux is RedHat. Note > that it is not your fault. We all are so screwed by marke

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Gérard Roudier
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote: > [Peter Samuelson] > > > There is no Linux 6.2. The newest version is a prerelease of 2.4.0. > > [Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > I'll bet you a beer he's using RedHat :) A german beer ? ;-) > Yes, yes. You know he's using Red Hat and

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Peter Samuelson] > > There is no Linux 6.2. The newest version is a prerelease of 2.4.0. [Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > I'll bet you a beer he's using RedHat :) Yes, yes. You know he's using Red Hat and I know he's using Red Hat. But it really bugs me when someone uses the term '

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Andrej Hosna
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Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Eric Chen] > > I have brought up a PC running Linux 6.2. > > There is no Linux 6.2. The newest version is a prerelease of 2.4.0. I'll bet you a beer he's using RedHat :) > In any case, I suggest you look at a client for the 'finger' protocol,

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-28 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Chen, Eric wrote: > Dear Helpers: > > This is a question from a Linux idiot. Please bear with me. I have brought > up a PC running Linux 6.2. I need to develop a simple C program using > TCP/IP protocol (socket interface) to talk to another PC on the network. I > need so

Re: Socket Interface

2000-09-27 Thread Peter Samuelson
[Eric Chen] > I have brought up a PC running Linux 6.2. There is no Linux 6.2. The newest version is a prerelease of 2.4.0. Unlike other OSes you may be familiar with (e.g. FreeBSD), there is no de facto standard distribution of kernel and apps -- there are half a dozen major players and hundr