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LQWiki talk:Copyrights

2005-08-18T04:34:38Z

Lamb:

For whatever it is worth at the bottom of each page where it says these pages are under a CC license the word license is misspelled. And sorry if this is the wrong place to put it, I just hope it gets noticed. [[User:Lamb|Lamb]] 00:34, Aug 18, 2005 (EDT)

When I contribute am I the author under the creative commons license?
Who owns the copyright?
Who is issuing the license?
When I contribute to wikipedia I give ownership to them and they issue the license.
The license says to give credit to the author but this can be difficult with a wiki. Maybe you should state that all contributions are considered "work for hire" and therefore linuxquestions.org is the author.
Maybe you should use the license that wikipedia uses.
-Jeff

When you contribute, you are the author and the holder of the copyright. You are licensing your work to us under the terms of the [[Creative Commons]] license (the attribution-sharealike varient or by-sa for short). You hold the copyright to the material you contribute (but not the article as a whole if you're editing an existing article) so you can do anything you like with it. A "work for hire" clause might have been considered, but might have interfered with reuse of Creative Commons material (not that there are a lot of Creative Commons material yet to reuse) and discouraged people from contributing. There are reasons that we don't use the [[GFDL]] (the [[copyleft]] licensing that Wikipedia uses), and the main reason that the Wikipedia doesn't use Creative Commons is simply that it hadn't come out yet. (Under the GFDL, reusing a 1-2 page article could mean attaching 12 pages of legalese, with Creative Commons, all you have to do is say who you got it from and that you are releasing it under Creative Commons (by-sa).) [[User:Crazyeddie|Crazyeddie]] 16:29, Jul 26, 2004 (EDT)

PS: please sign your posts with four tildes (~).

User:Lamb

2005-05-04T03:11:37Z

Lamb:

My name is Drew. Yay!

Set up a Trust 235a Speedlink Webmodem

2004-12-29T18:42:56Z

Lamb: Fixed some weird sentances.

Here a brief installation guide for a pppoatm connection with an ADSL external modem (Trust 235a Speedlink Webmodem) on Mandrake 10.1 Community. First download a new kernel from [http://kernel.org Kernel.org] (I tried it with kernel 2.6.9) and unpack the kernel to /usr/src/. Once inside the directory run "menuconfig" as the user "root"

1) Go to the section Device Driver -> Networking Support -> Networking Options -> and select the following to be installed:

(M) Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 
(M) Classical IP over ATM 
(*) Do NOT send ICMP if no neighbour 
(M) LAN Emulation (LANE) support 
(M) Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) support 
(M) RFC1483/2684 Bridged protocols 
(*) Per-VC IP filter kludge 

2) Then Go to the section Device Driver -> USB Support -> and select the following:

(M) Support for USB 
(M) Alcatel Speedtouch USB Support 

3) Save your changes and exit menuconfig. Now run "make", after that finishes then run "make modules_install", and then finally "make install". If your computer freezes restart your system. Then try again.

4) Next remove these packages from your system:

liblinuxatm1-2.4.1-4mdk 
libusb0_1-4.0.1.8-2mdk 
ppp2.4.2-7mdk.pppoatm2.4.2-7mdk 

5) Go to the [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=47406 Conexant USB ADSL Modem Linux Driver] project and download:

ppp-2.4.1-6plf.i586.rpm 
linux-atm-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm 
libusb-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm 
libusb-devel-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm 

6) Now install them.

7) (Quick note, I don't have any clue what the author meant here so I'm not going to bother.) cxacru.tar.bz2update for new kernels(those are 2.6.x kernels)must(perhaps can) be unpacked in /usr/local/src. Run "make" in the terminal using the user "root".

8) Go to /etc/cxacru open it and modify:
(Again, no idea:)

PROTOCOL_MODE=2 ,VPI=8
VCI=48(this counts for the trust235a)and P_ADDRESS=
NETMASK=
GATEWAY= (yours)then go to /etc/ppp open it go to file `options` (root)open it in kwrite,modify it like: noipdefault,
noauth,
persist,
lcp-max-configure 50,
usepeerdns,
name any,
user "username",
defaultroute,
plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1/pppoatm.so 8.48,
than go to ~configure your computer~(perhaps it is better to do this before removing packages{ppp-2.4.2-7 etc}) go to section Network and Internet -> Manage Internet and fill in user name, password, ip, and so on. Now restart your computer and thats it.

Talk:Set up a Trust 235a Speedlink Webmodem

2004-12-28T23:31:42Z

Lamb:

I don't know what you (hvdivries) mean in steps 7 and 8. Want to clarify?

--[[User:Lamb|Lamb]] 20:16, Dec 15, 2004 (EST)

<hr>

when you have installed cxacru(tar.gz for2.6.xkernels) you have to open file/etc/cxacru (root,with kwrite) and change `protocol 1`in`2` then change vpi andvci according your modem values. then do the same with file:/ppp/options remove options and replace it for new options file like........noipdefault,
noauth,
persist,
lcp-max-configure 50,
usepeerdns,
name any,
user "login name",
defaultroute,
plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1/pppoatm.so 8.48..........(8.48 are my modem vpi and vci values)

<hr>

So if I get this straight you mean:

When you have installed cxacru you have to open file /etc/cxacru (as root) and change `protocol 1` to `protocol 2` then edit the values of vpi and vci according to your modem.

Then remove /ppp/options and replace it with a new options file somewhat like this:

noipdefault, 
noauth, 
persist, 
lcp-max-configure 50, 
usepeerdns, 
name any, 
user "YOUR LOGIN NAME HERE", 
defaultroute, 
plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1/pppoatm.so 8.48 (I use 8.48 because thats what my modem's vpi and vci values are.)

Eh? [[User:Lamb|Lamb]] 18:31, Dec 28, 2004 (EST)

Talk:Set up a Trust 235a Speedlink Webmodem

2004-12-16T01:16:12Z

Lamb:

I don't know what you (hvdivries) mean in steps 7 and 8. Want to clarify?

--[[User:Lamb|Lamb]] 20:16, Dec 15, 2004 (EST)

FPS

2004-12-14T18:02:04Z

Lamb: Added Brackets Around FramesPerSec

'''FPS''' is an acronym which usually refers to one of the following:
* [[First Person Shooter]]
* [[Frames Per Second]]

Talk:Amigo Linux

2004-12-14T17:59:20Z

Lamb:

I don't know where to go with it, but doesnt it sound like an ad?

--[[User:Lamb|Lamb]] 12:59, Dec 14, 2004 (EST)

Set up a Trust 235a Speedlink Webmodem

2004-12-14T04:31:53Z

Lamb: I reformmated the page, fixed alot of broken sentances, and rewrote a lot of sections.

Here a brief installation guide for a pppoatm connection with an ADSL external modem (Trust 235a Speedlink Webmodem) on Mandrake 10.1 Community. First download a new kernel from [[http://kernel.org Kernel.org]] (I tried it with kernel 2.6.9) and unpack to /usr/src/. Once inside the directory run "menuconfig" as the user "root"

1) Go to the section Device Driver -> Networking Support -> Networking Options -> and select the following to be installed:

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) 
Classical IP over ATM 
Do NOT send ICMP if no neighbour 
LAN Emulation (LANE) support 
Multi-Protocol Over ATM (MPOA) support 
RFC1483/2684 Bridged protocols 
Per-VC IP filter kludge 

2) Then Go to the section Device Driver -> USB Support -> and select the following:

Support for USB 
Alcatel Speedtouch USB Support 

3) Save your changes and exit menuconfig. Now run "make", then "make modules_install",and then finally "make install". If you're computer get stuck, stop the task and restart your system. Then try again.

4) Next we remove packages (on your system) and remove:

liblinuxatm1-2.4.1-4mdk 
libusb0_1-4.0.1.8-2mdk 
ppp2.4.2-7mdk.pppoatm2.4.2-7mdk 

5) Go to the [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=47406 Conexant USB ADSL Modem Linux Driver]] project and download:

ppp-2.4.1-6plf.i586.rpm 
linux-atm-2.4.1-1.i386.rpm 
libusb-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm 
libusb-devel-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm 

6) Now install them.

7) (Quick note, I don't have any clue what the author meant here so I'm not going to bother.) cxacru.tar.bz2update for new kernels(those are 2.6.x kernels)must(perhaps can) be unpacked in /usr/local/src. Run "make" in the terminal using the user "root".

8) Go to /etc/cxacru open it and modify:
(Again, no idea:)

PROTOCOL_MODE=2 ,VPI=8
VCI=48(this counts for the trust235a)and P_ADDRESS=
NETMASK=
GATEWAY= (yours)then go to /etc/ppp open it modify optionslike: noipdefault,
noauth,
persist,
lcp-max-configure 50,
usepeerdns,
name any,
user "username",
defaultroute,
plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.1/pppoatm.so 8.48,
than go to ~configure your computer~(perhaps it is better to do this before removing packages{ppp-2.4.2-7 etc}) go to section Network and Internet -> Manage Internet and fill in user name, password, ip, and so on. Now restart your computer and thats it.

Talk:List of Linux distributions

2004-12-14T04:05:46Z

Lamb:

Where should we put other distros that don't fit anywhere? [[http://www.topologilinux.com/ TopologiLinux]] can be booted from Windows and can also be booted from Window's "boot.ini".

----

Made a change to the structure and added "categories" to enable people to home in on a specific type of distribution - fill out links and content next

[[User:Skyline|Skyline]] - 21/02/04

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There's a little overlap in terms of distros/types - however, most are primarily known as one thing or another and can usefully be categorized for present purposes (regards the ones that fall into a special category)

[[User:Skyline|Skyline]] - 21/02/04

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Awaiting Style Guide for input on Title styles/formats etc.

[[User:Skyline|Skyline]] - 21/02/04

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BTW - feel free to comment/discuss the structure/content of this section here - it's not set in stone at all - I've just made a start.

[[User:Skyline|Skyline]] 21:10, Feb 21, 2004 (EST)

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It really is a cool collection. Nice input Sky.

[[User:Linuxlala|Linuxlala]]

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List of Linux distributions

2004-12-14T03:59:52Z

Lamb: The kernel is a very useful piece of software, just not the user.

[http://kernel.org Linux] is a [[kernel]], in itself not an extremely useful piece of software to the user, but very important: it provides hardware resources management, and access to the hardware is necessary to get anything done, of course. To have a fully functional [[operating system]], some basic software is needed as well. A [[GNU/Linux]] [[distribution]] is the complete package. Most modern distributions also come with graphical installers to help with the initial setup.

===Special categories===
*[[Live CD distributions]]
*[[Source distributions]]
*[[Firewall distributions]]
*[[Embedded Linux]]
*[[ISO CD Vendors]]

===Alphabetical distribution listing===
*[http://www.altlinux.ru ALTLinux]
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Amigo Linux]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Ark linux]]
*[[Aurox]]
*[[BasicLinux]]
*[[BioKnoppix]]
*[[BLAG]]
*[[Buffalo]]
*[[cAos]]
*[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*[[CollegeLinux]]
*[[Conectiva]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*[[Debian]]
*[[DeLi Linux]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[DragonLinux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Feather]]
*[[Fedora]]
*[[Floppix]]
*[[FloppyFW]]
*[[Freesco]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*[[Gnoppix]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Kanotix]]
*[[KnopILS]]
*[[Knoppix]]
*[[Kurumin]]
*[[Libranet]]
*[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lorma]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*[[Mandrake]]
*[[Mandows]]
*[[MEPIS]]
*[[Morphix]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Peanut]]
*[[PCLinuxOS]]
*[[PHLAK]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*[[Slax]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[SOT Linux]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[Sun JDS]]
*[[SuSE]]
*[[SystemRescue]]
*[[Thiz]]
*[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*[[TurboLinux]]
*[[Ubuntu Linux]]
*[[VectorLinux]]
*[[Vida Linux]]
*[[Whitebox Linux]]
*[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[Xandros]]

===Family-Tree distribution listing===
*[[AMSEL]]
*[[Arch Linux]]
*[[Core Linux]]
*[[Crux]]
*[[Debian]]
*#[[DamnSmallLinux]]
*#[[Floppix]]
*#[[Knoppix]]
*##[[BioKnoppix]]
*##[[ClusterKnoppix]]
*##[[Feather]]
*##[[Gnoppix]]
*##[[Kanotix]]
*##[[KnopILS]]
*##[[Kurumin]]
*##[[MEPIS]]
*##[[Morphix]]
*###[[PHLAK]]
*#[[Libranet]]
*#[[Linspire]], formerly [[LindowsOS]]
*#[[Corel Linux]]
*##[[Xandros]]
*[[Devil-Linux]]
*[[Dyne:Bolic]]
*[[Gentoo]]
*#[[SystemRescue]]
*#[[Vida Linux]]
*[[GoboLinux]]
*[[IPCop]]
*[[IpodLinux]]
*[[Linux From Scratch]]
*[[LNX-BBC]]
*[[Lunar Linux]]
*[[Lycoris]]
*#[[Mandows]]
*[[muLinux]]
*[[Red Hat]]
*#[[Ark linux]]
*#[[Aurox]]
*#[[BLAG]]
*#[[cAos]]
*#[[Conectiva]]
*#[[Fedora]]
*#[[Lorma]]
*#[[Mandrake]]
*##[[PCLinuxOS]]
*##[[ALTLinux]]
*#[[SOT Linux]]
*#[[Thiz]]
*#[[Trustix Secure Linux]]
*#[[TurboLinux]]
*#[[Whitebox Linux]]
*#[[Yellow Dog Linux]]
*[[ROCK Linux]]
*[[Rubyx]]
*[[Skole Linux]]
*[[Slackware]]
*#[[Amigo Linux]]
*#[[BasicLinux]]
*#[[CollegeLinux]]
*#[[DeLi Linux]]
*#[[DragonLinux]] -- currently inactive
*#[[Peanut]]
*#[[Slax]]
*#[[VectorLinux]]
*##[[Buffalo]]
*[[SmoothWall]]
*[[SOL (Server Optimized Linux)]]
*[[Source Mage]]
*[[SPB-Linux]]
*[[SuSE]]
*#[[Sun JDS]]

Don't know what distribution is right for you? See [[Choosing a Linux distribution]].

== Sites with distro lists ==
*http://www.linux.com
*http://www.linux.org
*http://www.linuxiso.org
*http://www.distrowatch.org
*[http://www.confederatelinux.com/linux/index.htm www.confederatelinux.com]
*[http://perso.wanadoo.es/xose/linux/linux_ports.html Ports of Linux]

RedHat 9 samba configuration

2004-12-14T03:33:06Z

Lamb: redhat-cnfig-samba is available in the menu under Gnome and KDE.

See Also: [[Red Hat]] [[CIFS]] [[Samba]]

There are three ways to configure the samba daemon in RedHat linux 9. "redhat-config-samba" is a graphical configuration client that is avalible if you select to install it. You can access it by clicking the menu and navigating to System Settings -> Server Settings -> Samba. SWAT, a browser based configuration utility can be installed. And lastly the /etc/samba/smb.conf can be edited by hand.

==Setting the Workgroup==

One of the important things to change when editing the stock /etc/samba/smb.conf file by hand is to change the name of the workgroup. By default, it's MYGROUP. But on most computers that use SMB or SAMBA, it's set (by default) to WORKGROUP. It'll have to be set to that to talk to these computers.

NTFS

2004-12-14T03:26:02Z

Lamb: Linked to Captive-NTFS and Linux-NTFS

'''NTFS''' ('''N'''ew '''T'''echnology '''F'''ile '''S'''ystem) is the [[Microsoft]] [[filesystem]] used in [[Windows NT]] and Windows XP.

In Linux their are two main ways to mount NTFS volumes: [[http://linux-ntfs.sf.net Linux-NTFS]] and [[http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ Captive-NTFS]].

See [[Filesystem]] for details about NTFS and other filesystems.

{{stub}}

User:Lamb

2004-12-14T03:14:48Z

Lamb:

My name is Drew. I have a hellish English teacher. I think I failed my final. Thats ok. Who cares? I don't really... If my edits suck I'm very sorry, I try my best.

Fortran

2004-12-14T03:12:51Z

Lamb: "Fortran I" looked to much like an I. Added "(one)"

'''Fortran''' was one of the first widely used [[high-level programming language]]s when [[assembly]] was one of the only ways to program. There had been high-level programming languages before FORTRAN, but it was the first widely successful one.

The first [[compiler]] for FORTRAN I (one) was coded from scratch from 1954 to 1957 by a team of programmers from [[IBM]] lead by [[John Backus]][http://www.thocp.net/biographies/backus_john.htm]. FORTRAN I caught on fast due to its ease of use and that people could spend less time writing the programs.

FORTRAN II in 1958 added more functionality to the language, such as separate compilation of program modules. Also created in 1958 was FORTRAN III, but it was never publicly released. It included the ability to add assembly code into the middle of FORTRAN code.

FORTRAN IV, released in 1961, was a redo of FORTRAN II. It included various improvements, such as removal of machine-dependent glitches. In order to maintain [[backward compatible|backward compatibility]] with older FORTRAN programs, a translator for FORTRAN II to FORTRAN IV was released.

The ASA committee began development of a standard for FORTRAN in 1962. This made the production of FORTRAN systems a viable option for vendors and served to increase FORTRAN's popularity. The new standard was released in 1966, and was subsequently known as FORTRAN 66. It became the first high-level programming standard ever.

The next release of FORTRAN was in 1977 and included block statements for IF , THEN , ELSE. The development of FORTRAN slowed, during which times languages such as [[C]] and [[C plus plus|C++]] gained popularity. The next three releases of Fortran are unofficially known as Fortran 90, Fortran 95, and Fortran 2003. (Early versions of FORTRAN were capitalized but versions since Fortran 90 have not been.)

==Further reading==
*[http://www.unige.ch/math/folks/hairer/software.html Examples of Fortran code]
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/fortran/unfp.html Notes on FORTRAN Programming]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran Fortran entry at Wikipedia]
*[http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Fortran/Tutorials/Fortran_90_and_95/ Fortran 90/95 tutorials]

PhpMyAdmin

2004-12-14T03:07:49Z

Lamb: (Hopefully) Fixed Runon Sentances

'''phpMyAdmin''' is a tool written in [[PHP]] intended to handle the administration of [[MySQL]] over the web. Currently it can create, drop, and edit tables, databases, and fields. It can execute any SQL statement and manage keys on fields and privileges. It is capable of importing data and exporting data into various formats and is available in 47 languages.

==See also==
*[[Database tools]]

==External links==
*[http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net phpMyAdmin project page]