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->1.1. <A
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->Where can I get it?</A
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->1.2. <A
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->What do the version numbers mean?</A
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->1.3. <A
-HREF="faq-general.html#AEN28"
->What platforms are supported?</A
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->1.4. <A
-HREF="faq-general.html#AEN71"
->How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A
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-><DT
->1.5. <A
-HREF="faq-general.html#AEN75"
->Pizza supply details</A
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->1.1. Where can I get it?</A
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->The Samba suite is available at the <A
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->samba website</A
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->1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</A
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-><P
->It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word
-"alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing
-to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest
-recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by
-all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development -
-but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically
-very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many
-public releases.</P
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->How the scheme works:
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->When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
-example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version
-number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use
-1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</TD
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->Just after major changes are made the software is considered
-unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example
-1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are
-doing. The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who
-are just looking for the latest version to install.</TD
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->When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point
-where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the
-same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</TD
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->Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
-levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</TD
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->So the progression goes:
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->1.9.15p7 (production)
-1.9.15p8 (production)
-1.9.16alpha1 (test sites only)
-:
-1.9.16alpha20 (test sites only)
-1.9.16 (production)
-1.9.16p1 (production)</PRE
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->The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp
-site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an
-alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended
-version.</P
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->1.3. What platforms are supported?</A
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->Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms
-most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P
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->At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier
-versions):</P
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->A/UX 3.0</TD
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->AIX</TD
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->Altos Series 386/1000</TD
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->Intergraph. </TD
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->Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</TD
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->LYNX 2.3.0</TD
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->Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</TD
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->NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</TD
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->SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD
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->SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</TD
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->SUNOS 4</TD
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->Look at <A
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->the samba mailing list page</A
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->Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will
-already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask
-for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him
-pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is
-twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P
-><P
->Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain
-and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do,
-which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza
-one night, courtesy of someone in the US.</P
-><P
->Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit
-card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be
-collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany
-did this.</P
-><P
->Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has
-no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely
-useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has
-from Germany :-)</P
-><P
->Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional
-flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
-hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.</P
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