Byte: The Linux Story Continues | Linux Today

Byte: The Linux Story Continues

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 10, 1999

“Red Hat version 5.2 has an “improvement” that may require you
to take a couple of extra steps. I didn’t know that, and it cost me
a day (yes, 12 calendar hours) to figure out what I did wrong.”

“It all began when Darnell Gadberry, my networking expert
associate, came over to help me get Linux running as the
communications and networking server for Chaos Manor. Properly
installed, Linux and the application “Samba” can get all your
computers talking to each other with less fuss and a lot more
efficiency than the NetBEUI networking protocol that Microsoft
networks uses…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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