I have a problem, maybe someone can help. I need to get my father up on the Internet. He needs web browsing, I am hoping to get him up on one of the free services - I live in Enumclaw, WA - east of Auburn; Auburn #s are local to here. He doesn't know Win95 well at all - He can learn using Linux as easily under KDE as he can learn Win95. I'd rather get him up on Linux if I can. If I don't get him up on Linux, I'll have to get him set up with the (current) Win95 on his old Packard Bell 486DX2/66 machine, 20Mb RAM, 4x or better CD-Rom (Replacing the current 2x, unsure if the 24x I bought will work until I test it!), 420Mb IDE HDD and a SCM SwapBox PCMCIA dock, currently - if I can avoid wrestling with Win95 on that machine ANY danged more, I'll do so gladly. I'm still learning the Linux admin stuff; I can install Linux on the machine - it's the getting it the rest of the way (the Admin stuff!) that has me flustrated. If a better machine'd be better for him for Linux, fine - I have a few that're idle (and aren't ickly PBell's. AT cases, mostly minitowers.) I've used Unix in the past, just not been a *nix Admin and he needs to get DONE, so need his over with. (I'll get to my machines later. Have to keep getting stuff here DONE, need to get there from here.) Will be on vacation from midnight 'till Monday early; if I have to pay someone to just get him online, it'd be far less unpleasant than beating my head against that OS, ANY more. (WFW 3.11, I know well - Win95, I avoid; Some day hoping I know Linux as well as WFW 3.11!) Anyone in the Black Diamond/Enumclaw/Buckley area (I live in Enumclaw) to the Seattle-Tacoma area who's interested, please drop me an e-mail off-list. I'll drive to you, if needed - would like to get him working on Monday or Tuesday if possible. Could perhaps trade other hardware or ??? alternately. Mark - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
