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From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce,comp.os.linux.help,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: Changes to Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
Keywords: FAQ, Linux, changes, diff
Summary: For those who have already read the FAQ and want to know what's new.
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Approved: *.answers moderation team <news-answers-request@mit.edu>,
          Matt Welsh <linux-announce-request@tc.cornell.edu>
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Archive-Name: linux/faq/diff
Last-Modified: `date '+%d %b %Y'`

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This document gives an English description of what has changed in the
most recent version of the Linux FAQ.

Comments on and submissions for the FAQ are strongly encouraged and
welcomed - I don't have time to read every article in col.help, and
thus need your assistance to spot the FAQ-threads that I miss.


Changes September - October 1994.

Modified Questions:
Q1.2.  What software does it support ?  Clarified iBCS2, removed duplic. para.
Q2.1.  Where can I get the HOWTOs ...   Added BUPS HOWTO, HTML link to minis.
Q2.5.  Where can I get [Linux] by FTP ? Added geographical info.
Q3.1.  Can Linux coexist with ... ?     Mentioned read-only Amiga fs support.
Q3.5.  Can I access BSD FFS, ... ?      Clarified UFS support.  Duplic. para.
Q4.4.  ... inodes, blocks, ...          Changed bootutils -> util-linux.
Q7.1.  How can I get scrollback ... ?   Clearer if you don't know what `VC' is.
Q7.2.  How do I ... virtual consoles ?  Clearer if you don't know what `VC' is.
Q9.11. ... unchecked filesystem         Changed bootutils -> util-linux.
Q10.1. Does Linux support X Windows ?   XF86 2.1->3.1.  3.0 not alpha.
Q13.4. Disclaimer and Copyright         Perhaps I should get a laywer ...


Changes August - September 1994.

Structural:
 Section 6 split into:
  Section 6.  Solutions to common miscellaneous problems
  Section 7.  How do I do this or find out that ... ?
  Section 8.  Miscellaneous information and questions answered
 New section:
  Section 11.  Questions applicable to very out-of-date software

Some changes to question contents may be missing from this change summary due
to the reorganisation.

Modified questions:
Q1.1.  What is Linux ?                  Played down 386-specificity.
Q1.3.  Does it run on my computer ?     NCR PCI SCSI in alpha kernels.
Q1.4.  What ... other processors ...    Split out from Q1.3 and updated.
Q2.3.  What newsgroups are there ...    Mentioned de.comp.os.linux by name.
Q2.5.  Where can I get ... by FTP ?     List of sites updated.
Q3.1.  Can Linux coexist with ... ?     Mentioned OS/2 HPFS read support.
Q3.2.  ... DOS partition or floppy ?    Mentioned the fd-patches.
Q3.5.  Can I access BSD FFS, ... ?      Mentioned SysV support in 1.1.x.
Q3.6.  Can I run Microsoft Windows ...  Removed old brickbat for SLS.
Q4.1.  How can I undelete files ?       Improved and more newbie-oriented.
Q4.2.  Is there a defragmenter ... ?    Yes, defrag-0.6.
Q4.11. My AHA1542C doesn't work ...     >1024-cyls option should be off.
Q5.7.  What does gcc -O6 do ?           -O3 is in GCC 2.6.0.
Q5.7.  ... errors [compiling] kernel.   ld: unrecognised option `-qmagic'
Q7.6.  How do I [compile] my kernel ?   Correct reference for FTP site.
Q9.11. ... unchecked filesystem         bootutils now part of util-linux.
Q9.16. ... not ... on cylinder boundary Newer fdisk is in util-linux.
Q13.1. Feedback is invited              Refer to Q's by title, not number.
Q13.4. Disclaimer and Copyright         Partial distribution restricted.

Minor changes:
Q1.5.  How much hard disk space ...             Slight wording change.
Q1.6.  Is Linux PD ?  Copyrighted ?             Slight wording change.
Q2.1.  Where can I get the HOWTOs ...           Slight wording change.
Q2.6.  I don't have FTP access.  ...            Typo fixed.
Q12.2. ... in a posting to comp.os.linux.help   Several minor changes.


All question numbers should refer to the numbering in the new edition
in each case (eg, for the January to February changes the numbers
would refer to the February edition).
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