Re: the HURD and IIRC
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > 3) Consider using hurd. It has much more liberal uids policy.
> > Like most things on the hurd, I think fancy permissions
> > etc is in the napkin phase. cf (1).
>
> BTW, I've heard a lot about Hurd and would like to understand what is it
> exatly. Can yoiu explain what is it.
http://www.uk.debian.org/ports/hurd/
http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd.html
> There's another thing you can explain me : the word "IIRC" It's used a lot
> on this list but i can't understand the meaning. It's not debian-related,
> neither linux-related, but I feel bad not understanding a word used on 50%
> of the email on this list( not this one, but it's so used).
jules@pear% dict iirc
1 definition found
>From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
IIRC
<chat> If I recall/remember correctly.
(28 Nov 1996)
(I suggest you install dict-foldoc, and dict-jargon)
Jules
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