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The Linux item Mark Unseen   Sep 16 19:00 UTC 2006
This item is for discussion of the GNU/Linux system originally written by
Finnish (then) student Linus Torvalds.  Linux has since grown to be the
premier open source project, running on a huge number of machines with
thousands of contributers and perhaps millions of users.  Many distributions
of the basic Linux kernel and GNU utilities exist, and Linux is unique in that
"Linux" refers to the system's kernel which is maintained separate from any
specific distribution.  The Linux kernel is available free (with source code)
under the GNU Public License, and is often bundled with GNU utilities leading
the distributions to be frequently referred to as "GNU/Linux."
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response 1 of 79: Mark Unseen   Jan 16 00:41 UTC 2007
Does Linux support external Firewire devices such as hard
disks, DVD-RAM drives and camcorders?  Does it support IP
networking over Firewire?

Can today's Linux connect to an 802.11g LAN that uses WPA
with a private shared key?
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response 2 of 79: Mark Unseen   Jan 16 01:12 UTC 2007
I imagine it depends on the exact distribution used, but I have a hard time
believing that the answer to all of those questions is not `yes' for the major
distributions.
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