diff -ruN inn-1.4unoff4.orig/nnrpd/loadave.c inn-1.4unoff4/nnrpd/loadave.c
--- inn-1.4unoff4.orig/nnrpd/loadave.c	Fri Jan 29 17:51:58 1993
+++ inn-1.4unoff4/nnrpd/loadave.c	Sun Apr  7 16:17:07 1996
@@ -3,6 +3,36 @@
 */
 #include "nnrpd.h"
 #if	NNRP_LOADLIMIT > 0
+
+#ifdef __linux__
+
+/*
+**  Get the current load average as an integer.
+*/
+int
+GetLoadAverage()
+{
+    int		fd, n;
+    char	buf[16];
+    double	avenrun;
+    char	*s;
+
+    if ((fd = open("/proc/loadavg", O_RDONLY)) < 0)
+	return 0;
+    n = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
+    close(fd);
+    if (n < 0) return 0;
+    buf[n] = 0;
+    if ((s = strchr(buf, ' ')) != NULL)
+	*s = 0;
+    sscanf(buf, "%lf", &avenrun);
+
+    return (int)(avenrun + 0.5);
+}
+
+#else  /* __linux__ */
+
+
 #include <nlist.h>
 STATIC struct nlist NameList[] = {
     { "_avenrun" },
@@ -55,4 +85,7 @@
     return (int)(avenrun[0] + 0.5);
 #endif	/* defined(FSCALE) */
 }
+
+#endif  /* __linux__ */
+
 #endif	/* NNRP_LOADLIMIT > 0 */