Getting involved

1999-09-09 Thread Thomas Malloy
Is there any way for a non-programmer to be invloved in the Debian project? Perhaps there is a program to train newcomers to help maintain simple packages? The increase in the nuber of applications suggests that developing a way train new hands to help out would be a good idea. If no official t

netscape bus errors

1999-09-04 Thread Thomas Malloy
Netscape keeps closing with a " bus error". What tools, documentation , and log files are available for me to help determine what that means and how to correct it.. Thanks

Re: Why hurd ? was (What is hurd?)

1998-08-25 Thread Thomas Malloy
Thanks for all your replies. The reasons for including hurd are well founded and logical. I think, in large part because many people have a philosphical component in their choice to use linux, explaining the reasons behind decisions is far more important than in a traditional corporate str

Why hurd ? was (What is hurd?)

1998-08-24 Thread Thomas Malloy
ALPHA SPARC i386HURD Which one of these things is not like the other? Since hurd is an operating system and not an architecture why does debian release packages for it. I thought DEBIAN was a distribution of linux, which runs on various hardware platforms. I hav