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+NAME="GENERAL">Chapter 1. General Information</H1
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN12">1.1. Where can I get it?</H1
+><P
+>The Samba suite is available at the <A
+HREF="http://samba.org/"
+TARGET="_top"
+>samba website</A
+>.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN16">1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</H1
+><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
+><P
+>How the scheme works:
+<P
+></P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+><TBODY
+><TR
+><TD
+>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
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>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
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>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
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>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
+></TR
+></TBODY
+></TABLE
+><P
+></P
+></P
+><P
+>So the progression goes:
+
+<PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+>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
+></P
+><P
+>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
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN28">1.3. What platforms are supported?</H1
+><P
+>Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms
+most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P
+><P
+>At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier 
+versions):</P
+><P
+></P
+><TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+><TBODY
+><TR
+><TD
+>A/UX 3.0</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>AIX</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Altos Series 386/1000</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Amiga</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>BSDI </TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Cray, Unicos 8.0</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Convex</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>DGUX. </TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>DNIX.</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>FreeBSD</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>HP-UX</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Intergraph. </TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>LYNX 2.3.0</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>NetBSD</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>OSF1</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>QNX 4.22</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>RiscIX. </TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>RISCOs 5.0B</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SEQUENT. </TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SGI.</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SUNOS 4</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>SVR4</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>ULTRIX.</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>UNIXWARE</TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+>UXP/DS</TD
+></TR
+></TBODY
+></TABLE
+><P
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN71">1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</H1
+><P
+>Look at <A
+HREF="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html"
+TARGET="_top"
+>the samba mailing list page</A
+></P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN75">1.5. Pizza supply details</H1
+><P
+>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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