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Re: NEWBE question Whats the difference between linux redhat VS slackware X-windows is there a diff

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From: rcbonie
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00
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On 11 Oct 1998 11:58:53 GMT, darjo@arches.uga.edu (Clint Ricker)
wrote:

>:
>If you run netcfg from X-Windows (or select the network setup from
>control-panel under X) you can setup your ppp (or any network device)
>fairly simply.  If you need further details just post.
> 
>To unzip a gzip'd file (say example.gz), type (from the command prompt)
>"gzip -d example.gz"     This will decompress example.gz into example.  
>
>To untar a file (like example.tar) "type tar xvf example.tar" which will
>untar
>
>Tar and gzip are generally used together...tar gathers a collection of
>files into one uncompressed archive and then is used to compress that
>archive.  The file name will look be either example.tgz or
>example.tar.gz.  You can either use gzip and then tar (gzip -d example.tgz
>gzip -d example.tar) or tar will do gzip for you (type tar xvfz
>example.tgz).
>
>Clint Ricker
>darjo@arches.uga.edu    
Thanks for the response...I'm finna go playy with it and I'll tell you
how it comes out..(came out???)  :>)


				Thanks,
				TheOldMan
				rcbonie@bellsouth.com
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Subject: Re: NEWBE  question  Whats the difference between          linux redhat    VS  slackware  X-windows   is there a diff
Date: 1998/10/11
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