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It's not only Redhat that changes the Hostname. I used to have that
problem when I first installed Mandrake 8.0 until I manually entered my
own hostname. To even the score I recall playing around with snort one
time and sniffing packets from my XP box when I came
I am rehabilitating a friend's PC for XMas. I want to install a
newbie-friendly Linux for her to use. Query to List: What is the best Linux
for absolute newbies?
I will be installing the operating system, so ease-of-install is not an
important factor. The main issue is net-connectivity and
Mandrake is the best for absolute newbies
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I am rehabilitating a friend's PC for XMas. I
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I am rehabilitating a friend's PC for XMas. I want to install a
newbie-friendly Linux for her to use. Query to List: What is the best Linux
for absolute newbies?
I will be installing the operating system, so ease-of-install is not an
important factor. The main
Well I would like to have some of the features claimed by Xandros -
mainly the ability to run Win4Lin out of the box, but unfortunately it
doesn't come in the same box. You have to purchase each product
separately even though they are claimed to be compatible. I know that
win4lin didn't run
I have Earthlink Cable which still comes on Oceanic lines and the host
name changes all the time. It just so happens that Mandrake doesn't
care, but Redhat does. I know the members of Denver Linux Club (CLUE)
were discussing the issue at some length during an install fest.
Everyone seems to
Good and Slow!
Cliff Brown wrote:
just a suggestion... try Lycoris. It has most of the basic needs,
detects everything very well, and is pretty good.
Cliff
I started my mom out with SuSE, All she does is browse Ebay, and use the
office apps, but she even figured out how to hook up the printer by her
self. (she couldn't even get it to work in win98)
Florian
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I thought about posting a comment asking if anyone in this forum has
ever used RedHat 8.0 on a machine with RoadRunner without an external
firewall, but decided against it, as doing this would have been too
tasteless, even to someone as gross as I.
I had a dhcp server installed at home a few
It appears that I never had this problem because I either was running
Windows or always had an external firewall.
In this regard, I think Red Hat is actually doing us a big favor. An
external firewall is a must if you use a broadband connection. With
Windows, you probably will never
With KDE 3.1 (at least the version of KDE 3.1 that's included in Red Hat
8.1 beta), the GNOME backgrounds and screensavers have been
incorporated. Some of the new screensavers are really cool (I
particularly like the flame).
Wayne,
You do not have a permenant hostname. The IP address has a permenant
hostname in DNS. You have a temporary IP address that is almost never
changed.
Would you please go read about IP addresses, dhcp, and DNS so that you can
speak inteligbly on the subject and stop trying to make
uh, that was supposed to be nothing into something :)
make something into nothing.
I concur 100%. There's an IP standard of sorts that says that all IP
addresses should have a hostname attached. There are many services that do
forward and reverse DNS lookups on your IP/hostname to make sure they match.
One such service is some ssh servers. If you didn't have a hostname (and
On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 08:44:56PM -1000, Eric Hattemer wrote:
I concur 100%. There's an IP standard of sorts that says that
all IP addresses should have a hostname attached.
I only wish it were a standard. Most of the ISPs I run into do
not have all their assigned IP space resolvable.
There
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