Re: [newbie] ISP connection good...FIRE BAD
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. JoshI 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
Re: [newbie] ISP connection good...FIRE BAD
josh mccaffrey 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 Atlanta, GA I would have to highly recommend Corecomm.net as an ISP that provides support to the Unix/Linux community. They were and have been very helpful as well as providing the necessary info to setup my ppp connection. Jim
Re: [newbie] ISP connection good...FIRE BAD
Jim Vaughan wrote: josh mccaffrey 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 Atlanta, GA I would have to highly recommend Corecomm.net as an ISP that provides support to the Unix/Linux community. They were and have been very helpful as well as providing the necessary info to setup my ppp connection. Are you in the Atlanta area? I'll be visiting in a couple weeks and I'm looking for some suggestions of things I should check out over a weekend. Anything you could recommend? -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
