Its not hard to find linux compatable modems.. Just get an external serial modem and your laughing..
Keep in mind that winmodems were designed as a cheap way to make a modem where the manufacturer can leave out half the hardware and make the actual PC do the work.. They are not real modems.. they are really just a link between the phone line and your CPU. Having said that, most lucent and conextant winmodems work in linux nowdays.. (and the two of those make up the majority of winmodems.) The problem is that it won't really help you get yours working with a default mandrake install because often the drivers are not GPL and mandrake refuses to include them in the download distro.. The result is that you have to track down and install the drivers yourself. Even if you do get winmodems working, your still better off with an external serial anyway. regards Franki >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Josenildo Marques >Sent: Wednesday, 6 August 2003 12:04 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Tuesday 05 August 2003 04:27, Stephen Kuhn wrote: >> This is worth reading - especially if you're a recent "convert" >to linux, >> or nice to hand out to people if you want to establish facts. >> >> >> >http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,83708 >,00.html? >>nas=AM-83708 > > >Definitely worth reading, Stephen. Thanks for the link. >As a common user without any computing course or refined >computing skills, I >couldn't agree more with the article. One has only to be _open_ to learn >more. >I am not sure about this, but I think what kind of prevents Linux >from growing >in desktop use is a hardware item: the modem. It's extremely unbelievably >hard to find modems that are compatible to Linux. I would have 'converted' >many friends who have computers to Linux, I would even install Linux in >their computers, but when I ask them what kind or brand of modem >they have, >either they do not know it or it is an on-board modem that is >Windows-dependent. >Maybe this impression is not so bleak. But I'm sure you guys out there can >enlighten me. > >JM >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQE/L9Vl4eVBtrgQWDsRAnsDAKCi6nAb0I228CmVjoyZVzApmQQslQCeO9gh >qNb+atQrpniA4vLhHUaQ9eU= >=8isR >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
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