Re: Linux distributions

2002-11-17 Thread Joshua Lee
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 06:50:35PM -0500, dashielljt wrote: > I'm going to talk in terms of redhat since that's what I had used > previously and also in terms of slackware since that's what I use now. > redhat had wvdial included along with a support package for finding dial > up modems. Slackware

Re: Linux distributions

2002-11-17 Thread dashielljt
I'm going to talk in terms of redhat since that's what I had used previously and also in terms of slackware since that's what I use now. redhat had wvdial included along with a support package for finding dial up modems. Slackware has minicom but no additional package built in for this purpose. I

Re: Linux distributions

2002-11-17 Thread Joshua Lee
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:38:09AM -0500, dashielljt wrote: > linux works lots better with ethernet cards and cable modems than the > older slower modems. I use slackware 8.0 myself and like it. For one What do you mean "works lots better"? My system works fine with a dial-up modem, I just had t

Re: Linux distributions

2002-11-17 Thread dashielljt
Okay, when you buy an operating system in Linux, you buy an operating system. Other software is available for download and perhaps more winmodem stuff ought to have been put on the distributions. Nonetheless, linux works lots better with ethernet cards and cable modems than the older slower modem

Linux distributions

2002-11-16 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
This is a message I posted on our local Linux bb earler today. Frank > Hi All: > > The title of this message was Linux distributions. Based on that and my > current feelings I could not resist in responding. > > Last Wednesday at the Tampa meeting one of the strong