On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Boy, people thought I was a 'puter geek when I was using windoze...
> After several re-installs and reconfigurations of internet sofware, I
> think I've finally gotten pretty close to where I'd like to be. I can
> use my ISP connection as an unpriveleged user! Linux also doesn't
> gobble 73% of my HD. I'm learning alot, and when I get some more cash,
> I'll be getting some better books. I guess my "Mastering Windows 95"
> book is pretty useless now as well as "The Expert Guide...". This has
> been somewhat fun, if not frustrating for me and my family. I'm
> learning alot, and am thinking about finding another ISP that offers
> Linux/Unix support. There's plenty of smaller ISP's, and I'd think some
> of them would be more inclined to offer support. Mindspring tries to
> help, but let's face it, Linux hasn't quite gotten the market share as
> Microsoft and Mac.
>
Josh....I work for a LOCAL ISP in Chattanooga. We're also proponents
of the Linux alternative. We've helped one or two people configure
their Linux boxes for dialing into Mindspring. Standard PPP stuff
works with Mindspring. :-)
If you'd like to contact me off-list (or even on-list...just trying
to help conserve bandwidth <G>) I'll be glad to try and help you with
anything you need to configure Linux for Mindspring. :-)
John
