Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 08:29:12PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/30/08 19:34, Walt L. Williams wrote:
> > I tried using wvdial as it seemed simple, and I want off the
> > Suse system as soon as I can. SuSE 10.3 is really rough
> > and unpolished. I have been looking at the Debian system
> > for a few years now but never made the time to make the
> > move. Using Debian will help me better learn whats under
> > the Linux hood.
>
> Sadly, I've got to disagree.
>
> The Debian packagers do a *lot* of configuring for you, and the
> stuff Just Works, so I've just not needed to know a lot of the
> innards, and thus have forgotten a lot since I moved from Mandrake
> to Debian.
Its only getting worse. Just look at the ratio to "unix" type questions
to "point-clicky lindows" type questions on this list.
If you want to get your hands dirty on a great UNIX, try OpenBSD. It
works, its secure, but its not as easy as Debian's install once and just
do one-liner upgrades. OTOH, it screams on my 486 where Etch crawls.
Doug.
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