Re: Disregard - SuSE first Linux OS, et al

From: gadfly (gadfly_at_west.com)
Date: 09/06/03 

Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2003 07:38:42 GMT

Kevin Nathan <knathan@project54.com> wrote in
news:20030904230520.35eb1f27.knathan@project54.com:

> On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 02:00:35 GMT
> gadfly <gadfly@west.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>
>> Thanks for the info. I know the arguments against using a
>> Controllerless modem (so-called WinModems) - that they drag the
>> machine down and the like - but honestly any machine running above a
>> PII-233 level, doesn't even notice it.
>
> Yeah, it's not that big a drag on the system at today's cpu speeds,
> but the argument against the "winmodems" has more to do with the
> hassle of finding a driver for them. I didn't even like them when I
> was using Windows: the first thing I did with new computers was to
> rip out the internal modem and hook up my trusty Zoom, or generic,
> modem. My biggest gripe against internals was that, if they "locked"
> for some reason, you had to reboot the whole computer to reset them;
> with an external, you just flip it on and off. Plus, the LEDs were a
> better indication of activity (or lack thereof) than any program that
> just simulated it . . . :-)
>
>

I just by default like to work with things easy - one can spend many
hours reading a man page like I did learning how to use CHAP to create a
TCP/IP connection under DOS for my favorite DOS browser Arachne (which
is a real labor of love - just to say you can if that makes any sense) -
or you can right-click windows and do much anything you want. Thing
with SuSE - it works enough in most respects you can spend the hours to
find out what is wrong. But for the heck of it, I dl'd PEANUT and it
picked up my Creative Labs modem like a ticking clock. Nothing else
worked mind you (sound, cd/rw, correct video) - but the damn modem was
picked-up and worked perfect.

PEANUT uses RedHat, so I know it is not a lost cause now. Just need to
figure out what. Again SuSE works, but like most folks who have played
with machines over the years - you really do not want a GUI that is a
hassle. SuSE seems great - but I can find only how to download 8.0
using a DOS box - does the trick of downloading the entire directory
structure work for 8.1 and 2? No dosbatch file found for that.

In any event - SuSE is coming onboard - and since RedHat supports my
modem - in time I will find out how to compile using source.

Thanks

your friend Bill (real name)

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