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Freedom of Choice wrote:
> 
> Yes....I gather I will change "religions" soon...not that I was ever
> religious about ms....
> 
> Just a couple of Q's if I may....
> 
> I have two '95 machines...both of which are more than capable of running
> Linux from reading previous postings in this ng....my point is that I
> will need to keep one as an ms machine for a variety of reasons...they
> are networked with TCP/IP and IPX/SPX (for the odd game)....
> will I be able to keep them networked (say under TCP/IP, or both) and
> transfer files etc?

If you want to share files between windoze and Linux, go for Samba (over
TCP). This is a well travelled road. Another alternative is to run the
MARS package on Linux, which is a netware emulator, shares files over
IPX.

> If necessary I could dual boot the one to have Linux but would prefer a
> clean system with no ms on it at all.
> Are there Linux apps that read word docs etc?...I assume at least RTF
> format?....

You bet. Applixware, from Redhat (commercial) will read word6.0, not
sure about StarOffice (also commercial but free for educational use).

If you want to share dos text files that have that dopey CR/LF thing,
you can mount them using the conv=auto, see the msdos section in the
mount manpage. Linux will convert them co CRs. If you do this, be aware
that some programs don't like this, and can cause data corruption, but
for quick text edits, it's v nice.

> and what about sharing hardware across the network (I only have one
> CD-ROM drive and it will stay in the ms machine but I will be prepared
> to swap it if necessary at least for the install)...

Again, samba. Mount the drive, and then samba publish it.

Cheers

Paul

 
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