I've been eagerly reading about Linux on and off for about three years now, while also trying to maintain a modicum of attention to my other responsibilities. What in particular do you suggest I add to my fullsome reading list that addresses these issues? URLs, HOWTOs, O'Reilly books (if I don't already have it) would be particularly welcome
I have both a win modem and otherwise. The winmodem buys me some software support under Windows. I just purchased another non-win modem 2 days ago to replace the one previously installed that I can no longer accommodate on my crowded motherboard The analytic work I've been doing for the last two decades has not led me to become particularly enamored with "buy and hold" strategies -- David -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Mixed platform network On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 10:27:22PM -0500, David Turetsky wrote: > > Right now, when I run totally under a Windows XP Professional > environment, I have a Dell notebook which is the internet gateway, and > connected by a crossover cable, I have a Dell desktop sharing that > connection. Thus they can both access the internet at the same time, and > I also have file transfer ability and printer sharing. This allows me to > view much more than I would comfortably be doing on one system, permits > me to do backup stuff on one while I watch the market, read email, > scanning, and web stuff, or just maintain a redundant capability These can be easily handled by Samba and IPtables. > I am watching the stock market and have accounts open on proprietary > Windows browsers from Fidelity and others and download market data again > using proprietary Windows-based browsers, and sometimes run graphical > applications such as Photoshop, Quark and others, so I don't > particularly see myself entirely cutting the umbilical with Windows... > in any event, even if I wished to do so, it would have to be stretched > out over time Completely reasonable; I'm more of a buy-and-hold investor, so the generic web interfaces work for me. You might want to look into VMware, though, as it would make rebooting to switch OSes a thing of the past. It's a great solution if your only Windows needs are software-centric (e.g., not hardware support), and you don't need a lot of 3D in your Windows apps (3D suport in VMware is horrible). > Having finally gotten a stable debian distribution (woody) which > supports my nvidia graphics card, I am now building up my linux > resources and bringing myself up to speed. It would be nice if I could > run Mozilla and other such under linux on the desktop while I maintain > my internet connection using the notebook gateway Methinks you need to read a bit more about Linux. If you set up IPtables and panic the kernel by hand, it will still route packets in most situations. I don't think Mozilla will affect that. *grin* One potential problem: Does your desktop have an unsupported Winmodem? -- Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Unix System Administrator) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
