Why someone has to dethrone MS . . . but Linux???
Andrew Brink
abrink at ns.brink.cx
Mon Oct 8 11:34:00 CDT 2001
And yet, if you were using debian....apt-get install samba and you would
be ready to go.
Andrew
On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:58:55AM -0500, Bradley Miller wrote:
> Ok -- Mandrake 7.2 . . . installed months ago on a PC. I decide that it's
> stupid to keep swapping cables on printer when I have that box over there
> idle. No problemo, I'll just install printer there, share it via Samba.
> ?? hours later and I'm at least able to see it on the freakin' network.
> Mandrake 7.2 didn't install Samba . . . no problem, oh wait -- in need
> inetd. No problem, oh wait . . . I need python. No problem, oh wait I
> need libgmp.so.2 . . . where the heck is that? Oh finally -- it's on the
> gmp RPM. (And gmp is not Gimp!!) Finally after getting all my ducks in a
> row, I have Samba on that PC and at least talking on my network. Now back
> to my printer issues . . . CUPS . . oh ok, how does that work . . . I'm
> floored. I'm tired and I'm beaten. MS and the evil gates empire might
> not be the greatest, but damn. Maybe my next PC will be a freakin' Mac
> with OS 10 . . .
>
> -- Bradley Miller
>
>
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