Subject: Re: Help for a first time user...
From: Zach Marano (list@hernect.dhs.org)
Date: Tue Nov 14 2000 - 22:48:45 MST
Thanks for the advice. I got YDL 1.2 running on my G4 before I take down my
server to make it work (it took awhile and a lot of fumbling around but I
got it running). I am going to download the 1.2.1 version tomorrow though
since it officially supports it. It may fix some of the problems I've been
having so far. We'll see. Is there any way to get it to work in 16 or 24 bit
color? 8 bit is really bad. And, how about 1024x768 at 75 or 85Hz
resolutions instead of 1024x768 at 60Hz?
Are there any good books for beginners? Or is this the best way to do it?
> From: "Peter M. Bagnall" <pete@surfaceeffect.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 20:11:21 -0800
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Re: Help for a first time user...
>
>> Here's what I need to do:
>> 1. Router to share a DSL line with both Wintel and Mac clients.
>> *This includes DHCP and static numbers. This must also work with all
>> streaming technologies such as QuickTime, Real, etc and chat clients (ICQ),
>> etc etc. I have 2 net cards, the internal 10Base-T and a MacSense 10/100
>> card. I want the internal on the DSL line and the PCI on the internal
>> network as I have it now.
>
> I have a x86 Linux box doing something like this. It has two interfaces,
> one facing the outside world, one facing inwards. It's running RedHat. I
> have a yellowdog box on the internal network. I'm using IP masquerading to
> hide my internal network so I'm not actually routing.
>
>> 2. Web, FTP, Mail, & Web Mail services.
>> *I currently use WebCrossing to handle email and web mail as well as some
>> discussion forums (which may or may not last). I know there is a Linux
>> version available. Will it work on YDL? Is there another FREE solution to
>> mail and web mail that works well? I know Apache can handle Web and FTP
>> without trouble.
>
> Apache rocks for HTTP. It does not do FTP AFAIK, but there is an FTP server
> as part of YellowDog.
>
>> 3. AppleTalk services, both IP and AppleTalk based.
>> * This is a must as I have many Mac clients and the 30GB HD has many files
>> that need to be easily accessible from the local LAN and the internet.
>
> Netatalk, also a standard part of YellowDog.
>
>> 4. Windows file sharing is a good thing but not necessary.
>> * If this could work with Windows machines as well, that would be great.
>> But, it is not necessary because I already have PC MacLAN for them.
>
> You want Samba. www.samba.org
>
>> 6. Some kind of remote admin for some of this.
>> *I currently use Timbuktu on the Mac to remote admin this. I know that VNC
>> exists. How well it works, I don't know. Also, remote admin of any of the
>> other services is a big plus.
>
> VNC rocks. It's very bandwidth frugal compared to X. And you can export the
> display from Macs, Windows or Unix/Linux boxes to any other. And of course
> there's telnet. Remote admin is something Unix was doing via telnet since
> day one.
>
>> 7. Printer sharing is a plus but not essential.
>> *I don't know if this is possible or not but I thought I'd ask. Currently I
>> use Epson Share to share an Epson Stylus Color 740 printer with some of the
>> Macs. Is there any solution to this on Linux? It's not a big deal though.
>
> Printer sharing on both Appletalk and Samba is possible AFAIK. I've seen it
> done with Samba for Windows boxes, appletalk I've not tried.
>
>> 8. The most important part!
>> *I have played around with Linux before a little. Lets just say that my
>> experiences were not good. Granted I am new to this all (I have been a Mac
>> person for years now) and there is a definite learning curve to it all. I
>> don't want to have to rewrite the kernal or anything scary like that if at
>> all possible. The only programming experience I have is in HTML and some
>> JavaScript.
>
> You should be ok without needing to code, I've not hacked anything on
> either of my linux installs and I've got everything working ok. You may
> need to recompile the kernel to enable IP Masqerading if you need it (I
> don't think that's standard). You'll have to tweak some configs to do that.
> But there are instructions out there on the web and I'm sure that people on
> this list will be willing to help out. They have a pretty good track record
> for that!
>
> The other thing you may want to do is install things from source code, but
> again there's a pretty good procedure for doing that and documentation is
> generally excellent for install instructions.
>
> Hope some of that helps.
>
> welcome to Linux!
>
> Pete
>
> --
> Peter M. Bagnall
> pete@surfaceeffect.com - http://www.surfaceeffect.com/
>
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