DENNIS SMITH wrote to RENE LAEDERACH:   
   DS> I learned about Joe doing beginner lessons @ linux.org. I'm having   
   DS> difficulty coping with the overload of info for linux.    
      
   Learn vi - it's easier, believe me.    
      
   DS>  RL> UAE is a good emulator, but doesn't get everything...   
   DS>    
   DS> There's somebody right now updating UAE for the A1. It'll be crap until    
   DS> the   
   DS> JIT engine is running. Without it, it's like an 7mhz A500. :-/    
      
   This could turn out to be serious fun when we have it, I still have some   
   original games for my Miggies...   
       
   DS> as well as an Un/Installer. There's a prg. I haven't used yet called    
   DS> "Alien."   
   DS> It converts Red Hat and Slackware packages into Debian ones.   
      
   I still have the good old RPM, it's actually quite well documented and I use    
   it   
    for software distribution as well.   
      
   DS> Question: how do I download in binary. Haven't found help on that yet.    
   Can   
   DS> you tell by file suffix if it'll binary. I got segmented error on a    
   down/l   
      
   When you're in a genuine FTP client, use the binary mode.   
      
   DS> for APC-UPS -- server daemon. I think it was a tar.gz (tarball?). Anyway,   
   DS> there are no readme's laying around for help. :-/   
      
   Doesn't it compile with ./configure && make && make install once you're in    
   the   
   right directory?   
      
      
      
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