From: Drew Eckhardt (drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu)
Date: 05/31/92


From: drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
Subject: Re: linux NETWORKING
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1992 00:46:36 GMT

In article <1992May31.015019.25333@qualcomm.com> elentz@bilbo.qualcomm.com ( Eric Lentz) writes:
>Does Linux support networking, such as ftp, rlogin , Xwindows
>packets etc..

ftp, telnet, smtp, etc can be run in user space with Ka9Q, over
an ethernet or SLIP.

The kernel supports Unix domain sockets, but not ineternet domain
sockets, so Xclients can only run locally.

There is an xserver available, which supports Tseng ET{3,4}000,
and certain Genoa and Paradise SVGA chips. Straight VGA is
unsupported.