Quite true, I still consider myself a newb, but interested enough to pursue these sort of things by googling, reading and following this list. I just hope others like me who are trying to find answers aren't put off too easily.
ciao Lance B -----Original Message----- From: Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:25:07 +1200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Who does this remind you off Agree'd but I was generalising and newbs generally have trouble getting Winmodems working with Linux, especially since they generally don't even know what a Winmodem is! Cheers J Lance Blackler wrote: >I hear this line quite often in response to these queries, and I don't disagree with >it, but I thought it would be useful to mention that I use 2 internal modems quite >successfully with linux (HD install of Knoppix)- one is a HCF winmodem the other is a >an Actiontec (I think that is right) PCI hardware modem, both are easy to set up >(Knoppix sets the hardware modem just by running Khudzu) - and brwsing and >downloading is excellent with both (I reckon that the winmodem works better in linux >than XP actually). > >Just my 2c worth. > >Lance Blackler > > > >
