I have tried several winmodems in Linux. I've used Motorola SM56, Genius (Lucent) and Conexant (HCF, if I remember right). All of them worked quite well, but as Joe said, you cannot compare them with external modems, which are much better.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Polk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:41 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Question(s) > I would think as a Mandrake user some of these questions would be apparent. > Nevertheless... > Loading RH over Mandrake would be a mistake. > Star Office and Open Office are largely compatible with MS Office, but be > aware that many custom tweaks may not transfer. > External modems are always preferred because they are true modems and don't > require CPU cycles to drive them, as Winmodems do. That being said, there is > support for Winmodems in Linux but I personally have had no luck with them. > Then again, I haven't tried very hard either. > Most major brand printers should be supported. My Lexmark Optra E310 has a > driver, if that tells you anything. Even if your driver isn't specified, it > may be able to use a close proximity. Even my HPDJ932C prints in color from > RH. > > <<JAV>> > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: Andre Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:29:46 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Newbie Question(s) > > > I'm looking at "crossing over" from Mandrake to RedHat; but I have a > > few questions: > > > > 1. I've already installed Mandrake, and would like to install RedHat > > over it. Can this be done? > > > > 2. Is OpenOffice compatable with MS Office? Star Office? > > > > 3. I read somewhere (a LOOOOOOOOONG time ago) that Linux requires an > > external modem, for setup. Is this still true? > > > > 4. Are there drivers for all the different (major) brands of > > printers? If I have a printer for which there are no internal > > drivers where could I get the drivers? > > > > Ok, I think that's all Ihave for now. Any help you could give would > > be greatly appreciated. > > > > Andre--- > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list