Re: absolute beginner again
On 03 Nov 1998q, Alain Cadenat wrote:
> Thanks to all for your answers
>
> I am ok with .gz files now !
> But it appears I started the wrong way ! each time I want to read email or
> access to the web I have to reboot and goes back to windows, then go back to
> linux try etc..........
> So first thing is to get connected under linux.
> I tried to configure a PPP connection at the install but it does not seems
> to work.
> I dont even know if Linux knows I have a modem.
> So what do I have to do to have a ppp connection, get my mail, and browse
> the web (...hmmmm by the way ftp will not be bad as well)
>
> Alain Cadenat
>
> alain.cadenat@agoratec.com
> http://www.agoratec.com
Your enthusiasm is admirable (really, I mean it!), but remembering my own
move to linux from DOS, I'd say take your time and don't try to do everything
at once. I used DOS and linux in parallel for quite a few months; email and
internet were the last things I got working. Of course, if you are already
experience in unix this caveat may not apply, but if not it takes a
considerable time to get used to the different way of doing things. But it's
DEFINITELY worth it in the end : )
Anthony
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Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.0
acampbell@achc.demon.co.uk http://www.achc.demon.co.uk
"The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald
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