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  74 >Chapter 1. General Information</H1
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  76 CLASS="TOC"
  77 ><DL
  78 ><DT
  79 ><B
  80 >Table of Contents</B
  81 ></DT
  82 ><DT
  83 >1.1. <A
  84 HREF="faq-general.html#AEN12"
  85 >Where can I get it?</A
  86 ></DT
  87 ><DT
  88 >1.2. <A
  89 HREF="faq-general.html#AEN16"
  90 >What do the version numbers mean?</A
  91 ></DT
  92 ><DT
  93 >1.3. <A
  94 HREF="faq-general.html#AEN28"
  95 >What platforms are supported?</A
  96 ></DT
  97 ><DT
  98 >1.4. <A
  99 HREF="faq-general.html#AEN71"
 100 >How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A
 101 ></DT
 102 ><DT
 103 >1.5. <A
 104 HREF="faq-general.html#AEN75"
 105 >Pizza supply details</A
 106 ></DT
 107 ></DL
 108 ></DIV
 109 ><DIV
 110 CLASS="SECT1"
 111 ><H1
 112 CLASS="SECT1"
 113 ><A
 114 NAME="AEN12"
 115 >1.1. Where can I get it?</A
 116 ></H1
 117 ><P
 118 >The Samba suite is available at the <A
 119 HREF="http://samba.org/"
 120 TARGET="_top"
 121 >samba website</A
 122 >.</P
 123 ></DIV
 124 ><DIV
 125 CLASS="SECT1"
 126 ><H1
 127 CLASS="SECT1"
 128 ><A
 129 NAME="AEN16"
 130 >1.2. What do the version numbers mean?</A
 131 ></H1
 132 ><P
 133 >It is not recommended that you run a version of Samba with the word
 134 "alpha" in its name unless you know what you are doing and are willing
 135 to do some debugging. Many, many people just get the latest
 136 recommended stable release version and are happy. If you are brave, by
 137 all means take the plunge and help with the testing and development -
 138 but don't install it on your departmental server. Samba is typically
 139 very stable and safe, and this is mostly due to the policy of many
 140 public releases.</P
 141 ><P
 142 >How the scheme works:
 143 <P
 144 ></P
 145 ><TABLE
 146 BORDER="0"
 147 ><TBODY
 148 ><TR
 149 ><TD
 150 >When major changes are made the version number is increased. For
 151 example, the transition from 1.9.15 to 1.9.16. However, this version
 152 number will not appear immediately and people should continue to use
 153 1.9.15 for production systems (see next point.)</TD
 154 ></TR
 155 ><TR
 156 ><TD
 157 >Just after major changes are made the software is considered
 158 unstable, and a series of alpha releases are distributed, for example
 159 1.9.16alpha1. These are for testing by those who know what they are
 160 doing.  The "alpha" in the filename will hopefully scare off those who
 161 are just looking for the latest version to install.</TD
 162 ></TR
 163 ><TR
 164 ><TD
 165 >When Andrew thinks that the alphas have stabilised to the point
 166 where he would recommend new users install it, he renames it to the
 167 same version number without the alpha, for example 1.9.16.</TD
 168 ></TR
 169 ><TR
 170 ><TD
 171 >Inevitably bugs are found in the "stable" releases and minor patch
 172 levels are released which give us the pXX series, for example 1.9.16p2.</TD
 173 ></TR
 174 ></TBODY
 175 ></TABLE
 176 ><P
 177 ></P
 178 ></P
 179 ><P
 180 >So the progression goes:
 181
 182 <PRE
 183 CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
 184 >1.9.15p7       (production)
 185 1.9.15p8        (production)
 186 1.9.16alpha1    (test sites only)
 187 :
 188 1.9.16alpha20   (test sites only)
 189 1.9.16          (production)
 190 1.9.16p1        (production)</PRE
 191 ></P
 192 ><P
 193 >The above system means that whenever someone looks at the samba ftp
 194 site they will be able to grab the highest numbered release without an
 195 alpha in the name and be sure of getting the current recommended
 196 version.</P
 197 ></DIV
 198 ><DIV
 199 CLASS="SECT1"
 200 ><H1
 201 CLASS="SECT1"
 202 ><A
 203 NAME="AEN28"
 204 >1.3. What platforms are supported?</A
 205 ></H1
 206 ><P
 207 >Many different platforms have run Samba successfully. The platforms
 208 most widely used and thus best tested are Linux and SunOS.</P
 209 ><P
 210 >At time of writing, there is support (or has been support for in earlier
 211 versions):</P
 212 ><P
 213 ></P
 214 ><TABLE
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 216 ><TBODY
 217 ><TR
 218 ><TD
 219 >A/UX 3.0</TD
 220 ></TR
 221 ><TR
 222 ><TD
 223 >AIX</TD
 224 ></TR
 225 ><TR
 226 ><TD
 227 >Altos Series 386/1000</TD
 228 ></TR
 229 ><TR
 230 ><TD
 231 >Amiga</TD
 232 ></TR
 233 ><TR
 234 ><TD
 235 >Apollo Domain/OS sr10.3</TD
 236 ></TR
 237 ><TR
 238 ><TD
 239 >BSDI </TD
 240 ></TR
 241 ><TR
 242 ><TD
 243 >B.O.S. (Bull Operating System)</TD
 244 ></TR
 245 ><TR
 246 ><TD
 247 >Cray, Unicos 8.0</TD
 248 ></TR
 249 ><TR
 250 ><TD
 251 >Convex</TD
 252 ></TR
 253 ><TR
 254 ><TD
 255 >DGUX. </TD
 256 ></TR
 257 ><TR
 258 ><TD
 259 >DNIX.</TD
 260 ></TR
 261 ><TR
 262 ><TD
 263 >FreeBSD</TD
 264 ></TR
 265 ><TR
 266 ><TD
 267 >HP-UX</TD
 268 ></TR
 269 ><TR
 270 ><TD
 271 >Intergraph. </TD
 272 ></TR
 273 ><TR
 274 ><TD
 275 >Linux with/without shadow passwords and quota</TD
 276 ></TR
 277 ><TR
 278 ><TD
 279 >LYNX 2.3.0</TD
 280 ></TR
 281 ><TR
 282 ><TD
 283 >MachTen (a unix like system for Macintoshes)</TD
 284 ></TR
 285 ><TR
 286 ><TD
 287 >Motorola 88xxx/9xx range of machines</TD
 288 ></TR
 289 ><TR
 290 ><TD
 291 >NetBSD</TD
 292 ></TR
 293 ><TR
 294 ><TD
 295 >NEXTSTEP Release 2.X, 3.0 and greater (including OPENSTEP for Mach).</TD
 296 ></TR
 297 ><TR
 298 ><TD
 299 >OS/2 using EMX 0.9b</TD
 300 ></TR
 301 ><TR
 302 ><TD
 303 >OSF1</TD
 304 ></TR
 305 ><TR
 306 ><TD
 307 >QNX 4.22</TD
 308 ></TR
 309 ><TR
 310 ><TD
 311 >RiscIX. </TD
 312 ></TR
 313 ><TR
 314 ><TD
 315 >RISCOs 5.0B</TD
 316 ></TR
 317 ><TR
 318 ><TD
 319 >SEQUENT. </TD
 320 ></TR
 321 ><TR
 322 ><TD
 323 >SCO (including: 3.2v2, European dist., OpenServer 5)</TD
 324 ></TR
 325 ><TR
 326 ><TD
 327 >SGI.</TD
 328 ></TR
 329 ><TR
 330 ><TD
 331 >SMP_DC.OSx v1.1-94c079 on Pyramid S series</TD
 332 ></TR
 333 ><TR
 334 ><TD
 335 >SONY NEWS, NEWS-OS (4.2.x and 6.1.x)</TD
 336 ></TR
 337 ><TR
 338 ><TD
 339 >SUNOS 4</TD
 340 ></TR
 341 ><TR
 342 ><TD
 343 >SUNOS 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (Solaris 2.2, 2.3, and '2.4 and later')</TD
 344 ></TR
 345 ><TR
 346 ><TD
 347 >Sunsoft ISC SVR3V4</TD
 348 ></TR
 349 ><TR
 350 ><TD
 351 >SVR4</TD
 352 ></TR
 353 ><TR
 354 ><TD
 355 >System V with some berkely extensions (Motorola 88k R32V3.2).</TD
 356 ></TR
 357 ><TR
 358 ><TD
 359 >ULTRIX.</TD
 360 ></TR
 361 ><TR
 362 ><TD
 363 >UNIXWARE</TD
 364 ></TR
 365 ><TR
 366 ><TD
 367 >UXP/DS</TD
 368 ></TR
 369 ></TBODY
 370 ></TABLE
 371 ><P
 372 ></P
 373 ></DIV
 374 ><DIV
 375 CLASS="SECT1"
 376 ><H1
 377 CLASS="SECT1"
 378 ><A
 379 NAME="AEN71"
 380 >1.4. How do I subscribe to the Samba Mailing Lists?</A
 381 ></H1
 382 ><P
 383 >Look at <A
 384 HREF="http://samba.org/samba/archives.html"
 385 TARGET="_top"
 386 >the samba mailing list page</A
 387 ></P
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 390 CLASS="SECT1"
 391 ><H1
 392 CLASS="SECT1"
 393 ><A
 394 NAME="AEN75"
 395 >1.5. Pizza supply details</A
 396 ></H1
 397 ><P
 398 >Those who have registered in the Samba survey as "Pizza Factory" will
 399 already know this, but the rest may need some help. Andrew doesn't ask
 400 for payment, but he does appreciate it when people give him
 401 pizza. This calls for a little organisation when the pizza donor is
 402 twenty thousand kilometres away, but it has been done.</P
 403 ><P
 404 >Method 1: Ring up your local branch of an international pizza chain
 405 and see if they honour their vouchers internationally. Pizza Hut do,
 406 which is how the entire Canberra Linux Users Group got to eat pizza
 407 one night, courtesy of someone in the US.</P
 408 ><P
 409 >Method 2: Ring up a local pizza shop in Canberra and quote a credit
 410 card number for a certain amount, and tell them that Andrew will be
 411 collecting it (don't forget to tell him.) One kind soul from Germany
 412 did this.</P
 413 ><P
 414 >Method 3: Purchase a pizza voucher from your local pizza shop that has
 415 no international affiliations and send it to Andrew. It is completely
 416 useless but he can hang it on the wall next to the one he already has
 417 from Germany :-)</P
 418 ><P
 419 >Method 4: Air freight him a pizza with your favourite regional
 420 flavours. It will probably get stuck in customs or torn apart by
 421 hungry sniffer dogs but it will have been a noble gesture.</P
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