Greetings, everyone: My name is Riker. I joined the list a couple days ago and have been enjoying the dialouge and exchanges that have taken place very much. I will ask my question first and then give some background afterward if anyone is interested in reading it. Will Linux-Mandrake, with one network card per machine (two machines - peer to peer), one with a dial up connection, share the internet? Been having some troubles getting it setup. Thanks a bunch! ________________________________________ Background (Casual reading) I'm currently a computer technician and work on systems that only have Windows operating systems installed on them. I haven't been a technician for very long and am being educated daily on the limitations Windows has and the conundrums it seems to cause. I find it boorish and bloated, and with all the money we people spend on it, greatly over priced. About a year ago, I took a stab at Red Hat Linux and had great succes installing it and making it do the things I wanted it to do, but it would not run my WINMODEM (not its fault by any measure). So I went back to Windows full time. Not just becuse of Linux's inability to run my modem, but because I was working with Windows everyday and needed to bone up at home. Well, after seeing so much of Windows and its problems, I decided it was time to get a real operating system. Something that I could rely on to be there when I needed it. So, while perusing the isles of the local Wal-Mart, I saw a nice package with a big penguin on it. Linux-Mandrake. Done. I bought it without reservation and raced home to install it. I have had it on my system ever since and have almost forgotten Windows completely(Win2000 and WinME). The install was perfect and everything was detected without flaw. So now when someone comes into the shop and ask me what operating system they should run for realiablity and stability I say Linux without question. To boast a little more about Linux power, we've started receiving calls on how to setup Linux and what distrobution to use. I think Linux may be rounding the curve, finally. -- Linux - The way of the future
