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John Hasler

... it's not that i dont believe you, but i had to check. i booted into Xandros 3 Deluxe and selected some docs just to check it out. i ran ps auxf while Xandros Networks was doing it's thing. let's check the ps-piped-to file:

getting, installing three packages root 3956 0.2 0.7 16700 6716 ? S 14:58 0:01 usr-bin-XandrosSMA root 3957 0.0 0.6 16276 5752 ? S 14:58 0:00 usr-bin-XandrosSMA root 3958 5.6 4.6 60624 41916 ? S 14:58 0:28 SMA-XandrosUpdateBa root 4585 3.1 0.8 9384 7776 pts-2 Ss+ 15:06 0:00 usr-bin-apt-get -d -y install bash-guide xandros-bash-guide netadmin-guide xandros-netadmin-guide linuxcookbook xandros-linuxcookbook root 3956 0.2 0.7 16700 6720 ? S 14:58 0:01 usr-bin-XandrosSMA root 3957 0.0 0.6 16276 5752 ? S 14:58 0:00 usr-bin-XandrosSMA root 3958 5.3 4.6 60624 41916 ? S 14:58 0:28 SMA-XandrosUpdateBa root 4609 2.3 0.8 9364 7756 pts-2 Ss+ 15:06 0:00 usr-bin-apt-get --no-download -y install bash-guide xandros-bash-guide netadmin-guide xandros-netadmin-guide linuxcookbook xandros-linuxcookbook root 4623 3.1 1.2 12300 11020 pts-2 R+ 15:07 0:00 usr-bin-dpkg --unpackvar-cache-apt-archives-bash-guide1.0.0-1.xandros3i386.debvar-cache-apt-archives-linuxcookbook1.2-1.xandros3i386.debvar-cache-apt-archives-netadmin-guide1.0.0-1.xandros2i386.debvar-cache-apt-archives-xandros-menu3.0-12i386.debvar-cache-apt-archives-xandros-bash-guide1.0.0-1.xandros2i386.debvar-cache-apt-archives-xandros-linuxcookbook1.2-1.xandros3i386.debvar-cache-apt-archives-xandros-netadmin-guide1.0.0-1.xandros2i386.deb root 3967 0.0 0.0 268 plus 12 728 ? Ss 14:58 0:00usr-bin-kdm

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package updating ... root 3956 0.2 0.7 16800 6740 ? S 14:58 0:01 usr-bin-XandrosSMA root 3957 0.0 0.6 16276 5752 ? S 14:58 0:00 usr-bin-XandrosSMA root 3958 5.3 4.6 65648 42360 ? S 14:58 0:29 SMA-XandrosUpdateBa root 4729 0.0 0.7 8732 7012 ? R 15:07 0:00 usr-bin-apt-get -s -u upgrade root 3967 0.0 0.0 268 plus 12 728 ? Ss 14:58 0:00usr-bin-kdm

-- To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.