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On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, un_x wrote:

> 
> what is the "dict" distribution?	dictionary?  dictate?

Dictionary.

> and "info" -                       	info pages?  or general info?

The GNU Info files, basically documentation for the GNU elemnts of the
system -- gcc, amd, cvs, diff, dc, gawk, info, send-pr, and so forth.  If
you have the space, it wouldn't be a bad idea to have them.

> btw, netscape doesn't appear to be at ftp.mcom.com or whatever (docs).  i
> had to wander around ftp.netscape.com to find a bsd version. 

ftp.mcom.com is probably deprecated.  netscape.com is the proper domain
entry for them.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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