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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:30242 comp.sys.intel:26064 comp.os.misc:3547 comp.unix.bsd:15678 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7841 comp.unix.sys5.r4:8882 comp.unix.misc:15188 comp.os.linux.development:21596 comp.os.linux.misc:32149 comp.os.linux.misc:32150 comp.os.386bsd.development:2867 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4502 Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!news.hal.COM!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!bagpiper From: bagpiper@netcom.com (Michael Hunter) Subject: Re: Interested in PowerPC for Linux / FreeBSD / NetBSD? Message-ID: <bagpiperD14w92.D83@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <3cilp3$143@news-2.csn.net> <MICHAELV.94Dec19115633@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> <3d4o1h$7bh@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3d4ucp$sbn@hearst.cac.psu.edu>,<3d52i8$am5@galaxy.ucr.edu> <3d6o4n$k2q@hearst.cac.psu.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1994 00:05:26 GMT Lines: 23 Kenneth J. Hoover (ken@psuedvax.ed.psu.edu) wrote: [...] : I'm sure, since I'm obviously in the wrong by not bowing to the god of un*x to : fulfill all my needs. By the way, how long does it take to configure a Linux : box as a LM server if the computer's currently set up with Windoze like they : come from the manufacturer? Throw in a Mac file server, and LPD host? Can you : capture LaserWriters with it and serve them out to Windows boxes as print : queues without adding software to the client machines? For multiple servers? : In less then a month? It takes me about three hours to do all of the above, : and I don't need to maintain separate accounts on each machine for every user. [...] You seem very concerned with setup time (you mentioned it here and in at least one other post). I personally am willing (and do) pay for performance. Fewer machines means less admin, fewer hardware problems, etc. A transient like setup time means very little... mph -- * Michael Hunter bagpiper@netcom.com or QUICS: mphunter