What version of IRIX is required for Samba for IRIX? IRIX 6.5.22 and above.What is Open Source?
The basic idea behind Open Source is very simple. When programmers on the Internet can read, redistribute, and modify the source for a piece of software, it evolves. People improve it, adapt it, and fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing. For more information please visitwww.opensource.orgWhat is SMB? SMB (Server Message Block) is a client server, request-response protocol for sharing files, printers, serial ports, and communications abstractions such as named pipes and mail slots between computers. All Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95/98 and Windows NT systems are (or are capable of) running SMB as a client, a server, or both.
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- What version of IRIX is required for Samba for IRIX? IRIX 6.5.22 and above.What is Open Source?
- Why no IRIX, Solaris, OS-2, AMIGA, Macintosh OS9, etc version?
