From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: Changes to Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
Date: 05 Jul 1995 23:56:28 GMT
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Summary: For those who have already read the FAQ and want to know what's new.
Keywords: FAQ, Linux, changes, diff
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Archive-Name: linux/faq/diff
Last-Modified: 06 Jul 1995

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This document gives an English description of what has changed in the
most recent version of the Linux FAQ.

Comments on and submissions for the FAQ are strongly encouraged and
welcomed - I don't have time to read every article in col.*, and
thus need your assistance to spot the FAQ-threads that I miss.


Changes May - July [sic] 1995:

New Questions:
Q8.1.  What's all this about ELF ?

Modified Questions:
Q1.3.  Does it run on my computer ?     286's clarified, SMP being worked on.
Q2.8.  What's mailing lists are there ? Not niksula.hut.fi (other Q's too).
Q1.4.  What ports to other processors   68K FAQ filename updated.
Q1.4.  What ports to other processors   PPC emphasis changed.
Q1.4.  What ports to other processors   ARM newsgroups changed.
Q2.3.  What newsgroups are there        Croatia: hr.comp.linux.m.
Q2.5.  Where can I get ... by FTP ?     ftp.mcc.ac.uk is in UK.
Q2.5.  Where can I get ... by FTP ?     New: ftp.dstc.edu.au, ftp.zel.fer.hr.
Q2.7.  I don't have Usenet access.      Use vger for announce digests.
Q3.1.  Can Linux share my disk ...      Q clarified, poss. problems mentioned.
Q3.5.  Can I access BSD FFS, SysV UFS,  hfs (Mac) filename updated.
Q4.1.  ... with my large disk ?         Spurious } and word `use' removed.
Q5.1.  What is ld.so and where do ...   Not so new any more.  v.1.7.3.
Q5.2.  Has anyone ported / compiled ... Newsgroup name is col.apps.
Q5.6.  Where are <linux/*.h> and ...    asm is now asm-<arch>.
Q5.9.  How do ... executables smaller ? strip is equivalent to using ld -s.
Q5.9.  How do ... executables smaller ? comment about QMAGIC removed.
Q6.2.  Free memory ... keeps shrinking. Newer v's of `free' do arithmetic.
Q6.3.  ... more memory it slows ...     Newsgroup is col.hardware.
Q7.2.  How do I switch virtual consoles VC's tty13 &c on Right Alt.
Q7.5.  ... enable or disable core dumps In ksh use rlimit; more kernel info.
Q7.7.  serial ports sharing interrupts  Some multi-port cards can do this.
Q7.9.  How do I remap my keyboard ...   kbd filename corrected.
Q7.10. How do I get NUM LOCK ...        kbd filename made general, with xref.
Q8.5.  What is the Linux Journal ...    Added URL http://www.ssc.com/
Q9.6.  make says Error 139              Could be cache.  Manuals can be wrong.
Q10.2. Where can I get an XF86Config    Don't post answers to such requests.
Q13.1. Feedback is invited              Don't send me patchfiles (diffs) !
Q13.2. Formats in which this FAQ ...    WWW mirrors, including www.li.org.
Q13.4. Disclaimer and Copyright         Copyright year includes 1995.


Changes March - May 1995:

New Questions:
Q4.1.  How can I get Linux to work with my large disk ?

Modified Questions:
Q3.6.  Can I run Microsoft Windows ...  Mentioned possible dosemu support.
Q1.3.  Does it run on my computer ?     Said no multiprocessor support.
Q1.4.  What ports to other processors   68K X server; new URLs in text.
Q1.4.  What ports to other processors   MacLinux rumoured dead.
Q4.9.  Is there something like Stacker  DouBle FTP location changed.
Q6.8.  ... weird characters ...         Removed suggestion of ^O in prompt.
Q7.7.  ... more than 3 serial ports ... Just can't *use* all at once.
Q7.9.  How do I remap my keyboard ...   kbd-0.xx.tar.gz version number.
Q9.12. EXT2-fs warning: maximal count   e2fsprogs version number.
Q9.15. ... different physical/logical   Moved much stuff to new Q4.1.
Q10.1. Does Linux support X Windows ?   XFree86 version is 3.1.1.


All question numbers should refer to the numbering in the new edition
in each case (eg, for the January to February changes the numbers
would refer to the February edition).

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