Subj : PING Question To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Wed Oct 09 2019 09:27:00 Hi Nancy! NB>>> Hunh... not that far off... BM>> Nope - close! Have seen the system suggest a half-dozen options BM>> depending on what typed in -- all depends on what requested BM>> originally. (Think a spell checker suggesting words.) NB>> That could give some hours of amusement, should one have the NB>> inclination... ;) BM> Hmm: now that is an odd form of entertainment! NB> Especially for people (neither you nor I) that have time on their NB> hands... ;) Oh I have some time, just not that much. :) Or more prefer doing something else with my free/spare time other than reading randomly brought up articles. I will admit to sometimes reading those 'you might be interested in' article teasers (not click-bait) because I find them potentially of interest. To me a difference between 'of interest' and 'anything because I've nothing better to do'. BM>>> So 'snimpy' is a tool to build SNMP, which is something to do with BM>>> networking. NB>>> Yup, I've heard tell of that.... ;) BM>> And pronounce out SNMP one gets 'snimp'.... NB>> Yup. BM> And some of the commands and utility names do seem to reflect the BM> author's oddball sense of humour while others seem to be from in-depth BM> research for just the right word. 'WINE' is 'WINE Is Not an Emulator' BM> (allows running some Windows utilities directly in Linux) while BM> 'Ubuntu' (umm, copying in!) BM> Ubuntu (Zulu pronunciation: [—?£nt'—]) is a Nguni Bantu term meaning BM> "humanity". It is often translated as "I am because we are," or BM> "humanity towards others", but is often used in a more philosophical BM> sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that BM> connects all humanity". BM> So the name is based on a philosophy. NB> Interesting.... given that the linux distros are meant to be for NB> the masses, in their own way... ;) Yes, and I don't know how well the masses react. From what I've read some time back this country is more Windows-orientated and Europe Linux- oriented. I don't have a statistical base: doesn't come up in conversation. And I think a lot would be 'influenced' by what comes with what they're buying: the $35 Raspberry Pi comes with a form of Linux, the desktop computer at Best Buy with Windows. What's running inside generally doesn't matter to the average consumer, it's what it does on the outside. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Computer Cooking: DIP-SWITCH: What you do when you're out of salsa --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .