[NTLUG:Discuss] On Linux distributions.

[Mark Bickel]

> From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Wed Mar 14 17:18 CST 2001
> Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 05:15:41 -0600
> From: Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org>
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] On Linux distributions.
> List-Id: NTLUG Discussion List <discuss.ntlug.org>
 
> Christopher Browne wrote:

> > There are places where Linux-based systems prefer the BSD tools to
> > SysV/"True UNIX."
> > 
> > Notable "for instance" being with printing; Linux prefers lpd, whilst the
> > "official way" involves SysV lp.
> 
> Ah ha... finally I get to correct Chris Browne! :-)
> Linux prefers the BSD-style "lpr" ...
> 
> Gotcha!
> Chris

Caldera installs lprng "Next Generation" rather than lpr. It's been that way
at least since OpenLinux 1.1 IIRC. Fortunately I much prefer lprng to plain lpr.
Some other distros install lprng by default too, but I can't recall which ones.

Mark.Bickel at ericsson.com