Re: dict.org down?

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From	Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: dict.org down?
Date	Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:25:20 +0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:38:35 +0000, Eli the Bearded wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc, Mladen Gogala  <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dictionary server for gnome-dictionary is down for the last few days.
> 
> I have observed the same thing. But from command line 'dict' client on
> NetBSD.
> 
>> English-to-English, which is what I want. Does anybody know of a 
publicly 
>> available dictionary server in the US? I don't want to run one myself.
> 
> I've been running a local one at $WORK on Ubuntu. It was a very simple
> apt-get install, uses a modest amount of disk space by modern
> standards[*], and does not use any appreciable amount of other
> resources.
> 
> It's not like the dictionaries get updates often. There's no
> administrative burden after install. You (and many more people) should 
> run local servers.
> 
> [*] $ du -sh /usr/share/dictd
>     45M     /usr/share/dictd
>     I did not install any of the intra-language translation 
dictionaries.
> 
> Elijah
> ------
> the dict server runs on port 2628, so root not needed

Thanks! I was able to find another server at dict.tu-chemnitz.de so, dictd 
is not needed for now.



-- 
Mladen Gogala
The Oracle Whisperer
http://mgogala.byethost5.com

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