1. Is This Linux?
Hey! You guys 'n' gals... Is this a linux box?
http://www.lycoris.com/
If so, I CAN BUY 3 or 4 of 'em at that price! (Okay, maybe just 1 or 2 to
start.)
2. Re: Is This Linux?
On 27 Nov 2002, at 22:36, C. K. Lester wrote:
>
> Hey! You guys 'n' gals... Is this a linux box?
>
> http://www.lycoris.com/
>
> If so, I CAN BUY 3 or 4 of 'em at that price! (Okay, maybe just 1 or 2 to
> start.)
Yes, but minus keybd and monitor, if i remember right. It's a flavor of
Madrake. One version is sold int he stores. Four versions of the nix box are
sold at walmart.com, these prices have been this low for months. I wish i had
bandwidth, i might need a server farm.
Kat
3. Re: Is This Linux?
No,
actually it is Lycoris, a flavor of Linux.
Details are at:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2009643
----- Original Message -----
From: Kat <kat at kogeijin.com>
Subject: Re: Is This Linux?
>
> On 27 Nov 2002, at 22:36, C. K. Lester wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey! You guys 'n' gals... Is this a linux box?
> >
> > http://www.lycoris.com/
> >
> > If so, I CAN BUY 3 or 4 of 'em at that price! (Okay, maybe just 1 or 2
to
> > start.)
>
> Yes, but minus keybd and monitor, if i remember right. It's a flavor of
> Madrake. One version is sold int he stores. Four versions of the nix box
are
> sold at walmart.com, these prices have been this low for months. I wish i
had
> bandwidth, i might need a server farm.
>
> Kat
>
>
>
>
4. Re: Is This Linux?
minus modem and no floppy either. If you can afford
two of those you'd be better off springing for the
$398 version:
Intel Celeron 1.3 GHz processor
128 MB memory
40 GB hard drive
CD-ROM drive
56k modem
Integrated 10/100 LAN
Lycoris Desktop/LX operating system (Linux-based)
Also note that the $199 800Mhz system have a VIA cpu..
It think I read that the FPU on that ran at about half
the speed of comparable AMD/INTEL cpus.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2009647&cat=106560&type=19&dept=3944&path=0%3A3944%3A3951%3A41937%3A86796%3A106562%3A106560
I think Lycoris and Lindows OS are based on Debian
LINUX.
Regards,
Ken Rhodes
--- Kat <kat at kogeijin.com> wrote:
>
> On 27 Nov 2002, at 22:36, C. K. Lester wrote:
>
> >
> > Hey! You guys 'n' gals... Is this a linux box?
> >
> > http://www.lycoris.com/
> >
> > If so, I CAN BUY 3 or 4 of 'em at that price!
> (Okay, maybe just 1 or 2 to
> > start.)
>
> Yes, but minus keybd and monitor, if i remember
> right. It's a flavor of
> Madrake. One version is sold int he stores. Four
> versions of the nix box are
> sold at walmart.com, these prices have been this low
> for months. I wish i had
> bandwidth, i might need a server farm.
>
> Kat
>
>
>
>
>
>
5. Re: Is This Linux?
On 28 Nov 2002, at 0:57, Robert Szalay wrote:
>
> No,
> actually it is Lycoris, a flavor of Linux.
Ok, months ago, Walmart said it was mandrake on all their linux puters.
Kat
> Details are at:
> http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2009643
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kat <kat at kogeijin.com>
> To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Is This Linux?
>
>
> > On 27 Nov 2002, at 22:36, C. K. Lester wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hey! You guys 'n' gals... Is this a linux box?
> > >
> > > http://www.lycoris.com/
> > >
> > > If so, I CAN BUY 3 or 4 of 'em at that price! (Okay, maybe just 1 or 2
> to
> > > start.)
> >
> > Yes, but minus keybd and monitor, if i remember right. It's a flavor of
> > Madrake. One version is sold int he stores. Four versions of the nix box
> are
> > sold at walmart.com, these prices have been this low for months. I wish i
> had
> > bandwidth, i might need a server farm.
> >
> > Kat
> >
> >
>
>
>
6. Re: Is This Linux?
Kat wrote:
> Ok, months ago, Walmart said it was mandrake on all their linux puters.
Initially, they offered Lindows on a cheap machine. More recently, they a=
dded=20
Mandrake. Most of the reviewers seemed to agree that the boxen were a lit=
tle=20
*too* low end, and it was better to spend a bit more somewhere else.
Personally, I use Mandrake. It's fairly painless for idiots like me. If y=
ou=20
are curious about Linux, there are a number of 'demo' CD distros that wil=
l=20
boot from a CD, so you don't have to install it on your hard drive to pla=
y=20
with it - Knoppix is pretty much the best one out there.
-- David Cuny
7. Re: Is This Linux?
On 28 Nov 2002, at 0:33, David Cuny wrote:
>
> Personally, I use Mandrake. It's fairly painless for idiots like me.
David, if you think you're an idiot, what are we? Amoebas??? ;)
-- Euler
8. Re: Is This Linux?
Euler wrote:
> David, if you think you're an idiot, what are we? Amoebas??? ;)
There's nothing so humbling as experiencing a new operating system. You d=
on't=20
know the commands, the files are in different places, the configs work=20
entirely differently...
Linux is to the point where you can pretty much click and install... But =
after=20
struggling as a complete newbie because I can't even figure out how to op=
en a=20
file in an editor (except for vi, which I can never remember the commands=
=20
for), I have a lot more empathy for people with RTFM questions.
Thank goodness for mc.
-- David Cuny
9. Re: Is This Linux?
On 30 Nov 2002, at 18:01, David Cuny wrote:
>
> Euler wrote:
>
> > David, if you think you're an idiot, what are we? Amoebas??? ;)
>
> There's nothing so humbling as experiencing a new operating system. You don't
> know the commands, the files are in different places, the configs work
> entirely
> differently...
>
> Linux is to the point where you can pretty much click and install... But after
> struggling as a complete newbie because I can't even figure out how to open a
> file in an editor (except for vi, which I can never remember the commands
> for),
> I have a lot more empathy for people with RTFM questions.
>
> Thank goodness for mc.
Mc?
How to i read the POST vars from Apache on a remote FreeBSD box?
Kat
10. Re: Is This Linux?
Kat writes:
> How to i read the POST vars from Apache on a remote FreeBSD box?
The MicroEconomy submission form uses the POST method:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/ecoform.htm
The corresponding CGI program (running on FreeBSD) is here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/economy.txt
POST is just a different way to transmit the query string.
The query string comes via standard input (file 0),
instead of via an environment string.
POST avoids creating a long, visible URL containing all the
form info. See procedure read_input()...
-- determine the query string
env = upper(getenv("REQUEST_METHOD"))
if equal(env, "POST") then
-- "post" method
nbytes = getenv("CONTENT_LENGTH")
if atom(nbytes) then
HTMLError("read_input - no CONTENT_LENGTH")
end if
nbytes = value(nbytes)
if nbytes[1] = GET_SUCCESS then
nbytes = nbytes[2]
else
HTMLError("read_input - bad CONTENT_LENGTH")
end if
query = get_bytes(0, nbytes)
else
-- "get" method
query = getenv("QUERY_STRING")
if atom(query) then
HTMLError("read_input - no QUERY_STRING")
end if
end if
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
11. Re: Is This Linux?
C.K. writes:
> But what if (as kat suggested) I want to transmit a very
> long alphanumeric string as a tracking method for a visitor?
> I don't want to have a button, and there might be more
> than a few links. Is it possible to use POST in this
> scenario to keep that alphanumeric string ID alive?
> If I put all my links inside a form, will it then POST
> whatever link is clicked?
As far as I know, you can't use POST in that way.
It seems to me that if you want to send back a page to the
user containing customized links with long encoded strings,
you would have to use the GET method, so you could
make the string part of the URL that he clicks, e.g.
http://www.lester.com/cgi-bin/myprog.exu?userid=AX45RT0087654
When faced with this tracking problem, I thought briefly
about encoded strings and such, then I opted for cookies.
It seems easier.
There's probably a lot of discussion about this
issue on the Web somewhere. I don't see that much
privacy difference between encoded strings and
cookies that expire when the browser is closed.
I wonder what percentage of users block all cookies,
even the temporary session-limited ones? I don't think Internet
Explorer blocks temporary cookies as a default.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
12. Re: Is This Linux?
Kat asked:
>> Thank goodness for mc.
>
> Mc?
Midnight Commander. It's a clone of the Norton Commander program that run=
s=20
under Linux and DOS. You can do most of the things you need to do from mc=
-=20
it even included an editor with syntax coloring.
-- David Cuny
