Re: [newbie] Lindows

2002-12-24 Thread jmarcom
Wal-Mart was required to sell the system as LindowsOS to get around M$ complaints. It provides a basic Linux distro (don't recall what it is named) which will run a few popular Window$ apps. It wouldn't be a bad way to introduce the general public to Linux, except there is some sort of annual

Re: [newbie] Linux-compatible ISP in US sought

2002-12-20 Thread jmarcom
I had good luck with Earthlink when I was on dial-up, and still have it for broadband. Following are my notes for dial-up: connection name: Earthlink jmarcom authenticationPAP IP address (provided) Login ELN/jmarcom checkmark no autoconfig host