all linux systems.

all linux systems.

[cbowman]

hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
before? thanks.
charles

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Re: all linux systems.

[Raul A. Gallegos]

Hi.  You can certainly have Linux on a hard drive by itself.  Linux does
not depend on dos/windows/etc.  I know someone who has a different linux
distribution on each of his partitions so he can learn all the distros.
He's got 4 hard drives so you can just imagine how many partitions he
has.  lol.

cbowman@netdoor.com said the following on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:36:44AM -0600:
> 
> hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
> system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
> posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
> before? thanks.
> charles
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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Re: all linux systems.

[Gil Andre]

Yes, it's possible to have a computer with only Linux on it,
no DOS, no Windows, no "anything else". To do this, you just 
have to specifyto the Linux installation program (which is 
different for every Linux distributions), that you want to
use the entire hard disk of your machine for your Linux
installation.

There are also several companies who will sell you Linux-only
systems, with Linux pre-installed so you don't have to worry
about the installation.

The one that has the best reputation is "Penguin Computing":
http://www.penguincomputing.com

They are mostly specilized in servers, but also offer a whole
range of workstations. Installing a Braille reader and/or a
speech synthesizer is left to you.

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:36:44 -0600
<cbowman@netdoor.com> wrote:

> 
> hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
> system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
> posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
> before? thanks.
> charles
> 

Hope this helps!

_______________________________________________

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            gandre@arkeia.com
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Re: all linux systems.

[cbowman]

hi, ok that is good to know. that is true.  that would be an interesting
setup there for sure. 
charles 


On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:

> Hi.  You can certainly have Linux on a hard drive by itself.  Linux does
> not depend on dos/windows/etc.  I know someone who has a different linux
> distribution on each of his partitions so he can learn all the distros.
> He's got 4 hard drives so you can just imagine how many partitions he
> has.  lol.
> 
> cbowman@netdoor.com said the following on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 10:36:44AM -0600:
> > 
> > hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
> > system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
> > posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
> > before? thanks.
> > charles
> > 
> > Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> 
> -- 
> Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important
> stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)
>         -- Linus Torvalds, about his failing hard drive on
> linux.cs.helsinki.fi
> -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net
> 
> 
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Re: all linux systems.

[cbowman]

hi, I didn't know that you could by systems like that. do you have contact
info for them, or eany info on them? thanks alot. 
charles 


On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Gil Andre wrote:

> 
> Yes, it's possible to have a computer with only Linux on it,
> no DOS, no Windows, no "anything else". To do this, you just 
> have to specifyto the Linux installation program (which is 
> different for every Linux distributions), that you want to
> use the entire hard disk of your machine for your Linux
> installation.
> 
> There are also several companies who will sell you Linux-only
> systems, with Linux pre-installed so you don't have to worry
> about the installation.
> 
> The one that has the best reputation is "Penguin Computing":
> http://www.penguincomputing.com
> 
> They are mostly specilized in servers, but also offer a whole
> range of workstations. Installing a Braille reader and/or a
> speech synthesizer is left to you.
> 
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:36:44 -0600
> <cbowman@netdoor.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
> > system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
> > posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
> > before? thanks.
> > charles
> > 
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Gil Andre -- Technical Writer -- Knox Software
>             gandre@arkeia.com
> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
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Re: all linux systems.

[Darrell Shandrow]

Hi Charles,

Yes; this is done all the time, especially for servers.

Regards.

At 10:36 AM 12/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:

>hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
>system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
>posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
>before? thanks.
>charles
>
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>
>
>
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Re: all linux systems.

[cbowman]

hi, ok your talking about servers has given me an idea. i heard it said
that in linux that you could telnet right to somebody elt's computer is
there a way to controle how much access they have, or is it just a matter
of trust? 
thanks alot 
charles 


On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Darrell Shandrow wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> 
> Yes; this is done all the time, especially for servers.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> At 10:36 AM 12/11/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> >hi, some one was asking me not long ago if it is posable to have just a
> >system with linux, and no other os such as dos, or windows on it. is this
> >posable, or do you have to have something elts? has eanybody here don that
> >before? thanks.
> >charles
> >
> >Net-Tamer V 1.11 - Test Drive
> >
> >
> >
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> 
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Re: all linux systems.

[Mike Gorse]

Charles,

If telnet is enabled on a Linux system, then a user can telnet to it and
log in if they have a valid user-id and password.  It would be equivalent
to the login procedure you get when logging into your shell account.

It is generally better to use ssh rather than telnet since ssh, unlike
telnet, does not send your password in clear text over the internet, so a
cracker on a network somewhere between you and your destination cannot
easily "sniff" your password.

As far as controlling access goes, all files and directories have read,
write, and execute permissions.  Each file or directory is owned by a user
and group (a group may contain one or more users) and has permissions
stored for its user, group, and the rest of the world.

--Michael Gorse / ICQ:22583968 / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, cbowman wrote:

> hi, ok your talking about servers has given me an idea. i heard it said
> that in linux that you could telnet right to somebody elt's computer is
> there a way to controle how much access they have, or is it just a matter
> of trust?
> thanks alot
> charles
>

Re: all linux systems.

[cbowman]

hi michael, ok thanks for explaning that. I had heard of ssh but, hadn't
ever tried it out.  I willg give this a try. thanks again. 
charles 


On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Mike Gorse wrote:

> Charles,
> 
> If telnet is enabled on a Linux system, then a user can telnet to it and
> log in if they have a valid user-id and password.  It would be equivalent
> to the login procedure you get when logging into your shell account.
> 
> It is generally better to use ssh rather than telnet since ssh, unlike
> telnet, does not send your password in clear text over the internet, so a
> cracker on a network somewhere between you and your destination cannot
> easily "sniff" your password.
> 
> As far as controlling access goes, all files and directories have read,
> write, and execute permissions.  Each file or directory is owned by a user
> and group (a group may contain one or more users) and has permissions
> stored for its user, group, and the rest of the world.
> 
> --Michael Gorse / ICQ:22583968 / http://mgorse.home.dhs.org
> 
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, cbowman wrote:
> 
> > hi, ok your talking about servers has given me an idea. i heard it said
> > that in linux that you could telnet right to somebody elt's computer is
> > there a way to controle how much access they have, or is it just a matter
> > of trust?
> > thanks alot
> > charles
> >
> 
> 
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