Re: [newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 18:30:01 +0100 Adrian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cleverly noted: > I'm a bit late with this one! I had a chat with AOL's online help, I > wrote a > large paragraph of my situation, saying what info I needed , or thought > I > needed, to get AOL going in Win4Lin. His answer, "AOL does not support > Linux", 10 minutes of arguing later and it ends with a "thank you and > good > bye". Now I know AOL aren't considered the best ISP around but I have no > other problems with them, and they're cheap! I'm going home to try it > again, > the setup, not the arguing!! I'll let you know if it all goes t*ts up!!! What do you consider cheap?? I pay less than $16 a month for unlimited dial-up access, haven't gotten a busy signal since 1995, have never been cut off even after half an hour of inactivity, and have gotten excellent, polite service whenever I have asked for it. While they do not officially support linux, they do have a page on their website that gives flawless stepxstep instructions on getting set up with linux, including how to edit /etc/resolv.conf Mike -- "A world where some live in comfort and plenty, while half of the human race lives on less than $2 a day, is neither just, nor stable." -PRESIDENT BUSH (dubya) _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0
aol no workie... period Please be aware that aol changes windows registry settings, updated/pollutes your network setting... denudes ie, changes your modem dialing string.. and then when you update your windows, using windows update... or when you install software that looks for the windows default setting/files in the preffered locations... those files are gone or renamed to aol equivelents. microsoft will attempt to replace the files, but aol will the re update your system, before you log off... its the same with real audio... and micros media player... its a battle zone don't get me started about the cute little icons each program sticks in my system tray i hate winblows... chris On 23 Oct 2001, at 18:30, Adrian Lynch wrote: > I'm a bit late with this one! I had a chat with AOL's online help, I wrote a > large paragraph of my situation, saying what info I needed , or thought I > needed, to get AOL going in Win4Lin. His answer, "AOL does not support > Linux", 10 minutes of arguing later and it ends with a "thank you and good > bye". Now I know AOL aren't considered the best ISP around but I have no > other problems with them, and they're cheap! I'm going home to try it again, > the setup, not the arguing!! I'll let you know if it all goes t*ts up!!! > > -Original Message- > From: Gordon Burgess-Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 26 September 2001 21:03 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0 > > > Has anyone heard of aol being got running using WINE or WIN4LIN or > something like that? I ask because I'm using aol as a dial-up (flat rate > unmetered access) while waiting for NTL cable modem to come to my area! > > Thanks > > Gordon > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0
I'm a bit late with this one! I had a chat with AOL's online help, I wrote a large paragraph of my situation, saying what info I needed , or thought I needed, to get AOL going in Win4Lin. His answer, "AOL does not support Linux", 10 minutes of arguing later and it ends with a "thank you and good bye". Now I know AOL aren't considered the best ISP around but I have no other problems with them, and they're cheap! I'm going home to try it again, the setup, not the arguing!! I'll let you know if it all goes t*ts up!!! -Original Message- From: Gordon Burgess-Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 September 2001 21:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0 Has anyone heard of aol being got running using WINE or WIN4LIN or something like that? I ask because I'm using aol as a dial-up (flat rate unmetered access) while waiting for NTL cable modem to come to my area! Thanks Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] AOL and Mandrake 8.0
Has anyone heard of aol being got running using WINE or WIN4LIN or something like that? I ask because I'm using aol as a dial-up (flat rate unmetered access) while waiting for NTL cable modem to come to my area! Thanks Gordon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
