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Packet-Radio Digest Wed, 28 Jul 99 Volume 99 : Issue 175
Today's Topics:
Linuxnet and xfbb?
Packet - Internet gateway
Packet TCP/IP Software - Help! (2 msgs)
Searching for schematics for the MFJ-1270 TNC2 packet radio modem
sorry from new antenna co.
welke software? (3 msgs)
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:31:31 GMT
From: johnaber@netcom.ca (John Abercrombie)
Subject: Linuxnet and xfbb?
Kirk Job Sluder <csluder@indiana.edu> wrote:
(criticizing negative comments about Linux by Charles Brabham)
>I would suggest that you look at why your experience in regards to
>performance contradicts that of 1000s of other users who find that
>it's performance is equal to, if not better than Windows NT.
I agree 100% with Charles' comments. I installed Linux in a 486-80
with 16 Mb RAM which was quite happily running Win 3.1 (quickly and
crash-free).
Linux was RedHat 5.1
Incredibly slow, difficult(very) to configure to use my VGA monitor,
slow to boot, froze up/crashed regularily , the Windows X interface
and other GUI's available were jokes- maximizing windows would cause
crashes, links (icons) to non-installed software all over the place,
etc etc.
It was a complete waste of 2 weeks of intensive effort and learning on
my part- I did not have a UNIX background but know a fair bit about
computers- build/configure computers for friends for fun, etc.
LINUX is a direct time machine back to 1970 mainframe land- slow,
unresponsive, overly complex, unsupported, etc. Perhaps if you are an
ISP and too cheap to pay for software it is a good thing, but not for
the "casual home user".
I have to laugh when I read in the paper that LINUX is "threatening"
Microsoft's dominance in the OS competition. What a pile of nonsense.
John
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:46:00 -0300
From: "Gordon Lea" <discospy@auracom.com>
Subject: Packet - Internet gateway
Would it be possible to set it up so I could do this:
Have a linux box connected to the net and also to packet radio, then be able
to connect to the linux box over packet radio and use the net, or vice
versa?
Has anyone attemped/ succeeded at doing this?
Thanks...
-Gord
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 06:24:49 -0500
From: "Charles Brabham" <n5pvl@texoma.net>
Subject: Packet TCP/IP Software - Help!
I would not recommend that you waste any more time on TNOS, which is
obsolete and no longer supported, or on LINUX, which is essentially a waste
of time unless you just like tinkering with semi-functional software.
The Win95 version of FlexNet allows use of all of Win95's tcpip services on
either ax25 or tcpip connections. Use the Win95 Telnet program, WSFTP for
FTP, Netscape, etc etc.. You can also use *NOS, but there's no real need for
it.
I run the Win95 version of FlexNet, and also run the Windows version of
"FBB" BBS in the same machine. I'm not certain of your needs, but believe
that this combo may handle them best if you are wanting reliable ax25
forwarding of messages.
73 DE Charles Brabham,
N5PVL @ N5PVL.#NTX.TX.USA.NOAM
http://www.texoma.net/~n5pvl
Tedd Vidler wrote in message ...
Many thanks for taking the time to read this message. I am running a packet
station here on my old 486 and am not able to get a O/S and software setup
which fills all of my needs (or should I say wants). Right now I have the
machine setup as follows:
Partition C:\ has 250 Mb with DOS 6.22 and Win95 upgrade.
Second Partition: 550 Mb Red Hat Linux v6.0 (had hoped to use TNOS but am
told that might not be best). I'm also told there are problem with some
applications running on Red Hat. I'm trying to learn Linux and can see
it'll be awhile.
My old 125 Mb D:\ drive holds JNOS and Winpack
I am a firm believer in the AX25 BBS system as when the phone lines go down
TCP/IP is down also accept for locally, as I understand it. I want to have
AX25 messages and bulletins as well as NTS messages forwarded to me by my
To be continued in digest: pr_99_175B
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