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Re: Linux to replace WinNT machine?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Davies)
Sat Mar 30 07:08:56 1996
From: "Stephen Davies" <scldad@sdc.com.au>
To: Gustav "Gurre" Kalvesten <a94guska@ida.his.se>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 96 19:10:52 +1030
In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 29 Mar 1996 16:19:45 +0100.<9603291519.AA25793@ida.his.se>
Linux can handle the SMB and AppleTalk side of things very well and
very easily but I am not so sure about the NetConnect HP printers.
Linux can do the bootpd side with no problems but there is other
software involved.
These printers rely on HP-provided filters to do spooling etc and
if there is any binary involved, these filters may not be available
for Linux.
If you get an answer on this, I would be interested to hear.
Cheers,
Stephen.
>
>I wonder if the current Linux would be able to replace a Windows Nt 3.51
>server? It acts today mainly as a printer server for WfW 3.11 and MacOS
>machines. The printers are HP Deskjet 1200C with builtin Ethernet. How
>does Linux handla that?
>
>- Gustav
>
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