[luau] Windows to Linux Transition

[Warren Togami]

Forwaded from Matthew Darnell

----- Original Message -----
From: " Matthew John Darnell" <mdarnell at servpac.com>
To: <warren at togami.com>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: Can not post to list


> Aloha Warren,
>
> I am trying to send an email to the list and am unable.  Could you please
do
> it for me.  I will research why I can not do it directly.  I keep getting
a
> DNS failure.  I can resolve the address in a web browser, so I'm not sure
> why mail is not going through.  It must be a local problem because no one
> else seems to be having an issue.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
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>
>
> Subject - Windows to Linux Translation
>
> Message;
> Aloha,
>
> I have a strong Windows background and am attampting to become proficient
in
> Linux.  Is there a site that does a Win-Lin translation?  I have spent
over
> $200 in Open Source references in the last 3 months; I would pay another
> $200 for a single book that does such a translation.  (Businesss
oportunity
> for you Win-Lin experts)
>
> It is frustrating to know how to do something in Windows but not to have a
> clue of how to accomplish the trivial task in Linux.
>
> What I am struggling with today is - Using Red Hat 7.0 how do you locally
> resolve addresses without installing a full blown DNS server (Windows
> translation - the hosts. file in %system_root%\system32\drivers\etc)
>
> This type of info would save lots of time and very useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt