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From: Robert Hewlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 20:57:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: linux and the internet
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Hello...I've moved to Eugene recently and was glad to find this site.
If anyone has some time to spare, I have some questions about Linux. I
have been fooling around with Caldera 1.3 on a 486 w/ 12 meg. ram and a
crappy videocard. I'm actually using Windows 3.1 to get online (and
AOL only for a free month until I can find the best provider in the
area...Eugene Free Net?). For various reasons, I'd love to be using
Linux and be able to be online as well, but I have not been able to
figure out how to do this. The KDE and XWindows that came with Caldera
take such an incredibly long time to boot and move within that I have
taken to Win 3.1 to find help in setting up the system to use Linux and
the internet in a text only mode. Can someone lend assistance with
getting around having to use KPPP for configurations...ie. doing it from
the command line? Is this possible? I'd like to use Lynx and Pine but
am not sure how to get a hold of them...I did notice that there are !
local meetings which I do plan to attend, but if anyone cares to have a
dialogue I would be appreciative!
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