From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:15:58 GMT, tester wrote:   
      
   > On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:29:05 +0000, Auric__ wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:32:23 GMT, tester wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:00:14 +0000, Auric__ wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:58:46 GMT, tester wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> ps: my news server has been messed up the past week, and i called   
   >>>>> isp, and they confirmed the fact. then i sad cried. then i tried some   
   >>>>> more, & now it's sort of working again? Hopefully you get this reply.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Got it. As it happens, I was offline all day yesterday anyway.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...and on that note, you really, really need to ask your Linux   
   >>>> questions in a Linux group. (I suggest alt.os.linux.) I'm *not* a   
   >>>> Linux expert, and I don't pretend to be one.   
   >>>   
   >>> Certainly. I appreciate all your input, though. It is good to learn the   
   >>> different ways. If we all only learned one way---- we'd all still be   
   >>> using MS Office.   
   >>> :)   
   >>   
   >> My machine multiboots; two choices are WinXP and Win98, each with its   
   >> own install of MS Office. (Office 97 on Win98; Office 2k on WinXP.)   
   >   
   > I'm not saying you don't Have MS-Office, & use it, I'm saying you   
   > probably realize people have built alternatives, now.   
      
   I got it before. I was just pointing out that even with all the free   
   alternatives available, when on Windows, I still use MS Office.   
      
   >>> Yourself & I get the "we understand Linux & use it because it lets us   
   >>> do things we cannot do in other OSs" award. Just because we're not   
   >>> kernel hakerz doesn't mean we can't appreciate what we have.   
   >>   
   >> I use more than Linux. I run a number of other *nix systems under   
   >> emulation: FreeBSD, NetBSD, Darwin (another BSD), BeOS, and QNX. Pretty   
   >> much everything I do in Linux I can do in those other systems.   
   >   
   > Yes, there are definately other NIX-based cores/systems out there that   
   > can do the same things versions of Linux can do.   
      
   Pretty much anything that comes anywhere near the POSIX standard can do   
   what Linux do (except for some very Linux-specific things).   
      
   > Darwin is the free version of MacOS, yes?   
      
   Not exactly. It's the BSD distro (IIRC based on NetBSD) that is the Unix   
   underneath MacOS. It doesn't have the actual Mac GUI included, just X -- I   
   think (been a *very* long time since I last ran it).   
      
   > I looked at it, but it was only source? Could not   
   > find a compiled version- & wouldn't have the first clue how to actually   
   > compile such code. Would you have to compile that on a OS10+ machine?   
      
   I bought Darwin at Fry's Electronics several years ago. Included PPC &   
   Intel installers (this was before Apple switched to Intel processors).   
      
   If you only have the source, you could try to build a cross-compiling   
   gcc... but IMHO it's not worth the effort.   
      
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   You should be at your desk in case I need you -- screw everyone else!   
      
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