Re: Tech Terms.

2000-08-15 Thread Statux
hehe.. I knew it was messed up.. and it didn't look right even after I changed part of it :P Don't jump down my throat. I had just gotten home from work when I replied to it. I work where there's a lot of illiterate people and it tends to rub off. Excuse me for not being 100% accurate. I'll try t

Re: Tech Terms.

2000-08-15 Thread Jim Cunning
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Statux wrote: > > - distrobusions > > distrobutions (aka. distros) are what companies like RedHat put out. Get the spelling right! It's 'distributions'. You do a disservice to those whose first language is not English by not being absolutely certain the words you use are

Re: Tech Terms.

2000-08-15 Thread Statux
> - *nix Any of the UNIX-like OSs. Namely Sun Solaris, Linux, Digital UNIX.. one of the BSDs like FreeBSD, etc.. > - *nix operating system same as above. > - distrobusions distrobutions (aka. distros) are what companies like RedHat put out. They contain the kernel along with packages of so

Re: Tech Terms applied in Make Menuconfig

2000-08-15 Thread Stephen L Arnold
On 15 Aug 00, at 12:01, Jeff Hogg wrote: > From: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Kindly assist me to understand the function of following terms > >found and applied in "make menuconfig" > > > >- What will be the major difference between selecting <*> /yes and > > /module > > If you select

Re: Tech Terms.

2000-08-15 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Hi All People, > > Kindly advise what will be the true meaning of; > > - *nix > *nix is a shorthand for Unix, linux, HPUX, and any other "unix-like/unix-based" operating system. > > - *nix operating system > See above explanation > > - distrobusions > Mis-spe

Re: Tech Terms applied in Make Menuconfig

2000-08-15 Thread Jeff Hogg
-Original Message- From: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 8:50 AM Subject: Tech Terms applied in Make Menuconfig > >Kindly assist me to understand the function of following terms found and >applied in "make menuconf