Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread JF Martinez
> > > > > > > > Linux would have not been possible without the Gnu utilities and the > > compiler used to built has ever been gcc. What would have been of > > Linux if Gcc didn't exist? What of its performance if Gcc had been > > mediocre? The only other 32 bits compiler I am aware of who wa

Re: Logitech Internet Keyboard

1999-12-06 Thread Tony Nugent
On Sun Dec 05 1999 at 20:33, Ray Atnip wrote: > I just bought one and was looking for a way to make use of the > xtra keys for internet and audio play. > Anyone know where to find the info? I have one of these. If you discover anything, I'd really like to know too. Thanks. BTW, pressing the e

Re: Intellimouse wheel in Netscape

1999-12-06 Thread Tony Nugent
You don't even need to look at that web page (although it's well worth looking at). In the powertools utilities there is a package: imwheel-0.9.6-7.i386.rpm Install it, and it will make your wheel work like you expect. On Sun Dec 05 1999 at 19:01, Riyad Kalla wrote: > Perfect! Thank you very m

Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread Dave Ihnat
H. Peter Anvin wrote: I really don't want to even get _near_ the Stallman/Linux debate. It's all silly. (I've been diddling Unix source code since 1980; I'm just glad to see the dynamic _fun_ of playing with it back, and not encumbered by non- disclosures and contracts this time.) But I had to

Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread John Summerfield
> > > > Linux would have not been possible without the Gnu utilities and the > compiler used to built has ever been gcc. What would have been of > Linux if Gcc didn't exist? What of its performance if Gcc had been > mediocre? The only other 32 bits compiler I am aware of who was > freely avai

Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread H. Peter Anvin
JF Martinez wrote: > > Linux would have not been possible without the Gnu utilities and the > compiler used to built has ever been gcc. What would have been of > Linux if Gcc didn't exist? What of its performance if Gcc had been > mediocre? The only other 32 bits compiler I am aware of who was

Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread JF Martinez
> > > > cooperate, we may be able to do so. However, one problem may be hard > > to solve: the LSB is mainly dealing with issues at the operating > > system level--and is therefore in effect calling the GNU operating > > system "Linux". > > Oh. I thought the GNU operating system was "HURD." >

Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread Alain Magloire
Bonjour M. Matt Fahrner Nicely said. I remember it seems now like "eons" when I was running kernel 0.xx, Ha ! the good old days 8-) During those "dark ages", I would go in computer stores and ask for a linux distribution and sometimes force them to make a special order to bring that "Linux" in

Re: forwarded message from Richard Stallman

1999-12-06 Thread Matt Fahrner
Certainly Richard Stallman and the rest of the contributors of the GNU Project deserve credit for their enormous work, but I imagine at this point it's probably a little too late in the game for a change of this magnitude. Regardless, most of us who've been in this business any time have been well

3 problems with rawhide

1999-12-06 Thread Ivan Jager
I finally installed rawhide last week (Raw Hide 19991128) and I noticed three problems. The helvetica fonts are very big. If I hold down a key it repeats it very slowly. It repeats it about 4 times each second. It is normally much faster. The GIMP is repeated twice in the Gnome menus. (once wi