Hi Alan,
Alan wrote:
Hi Rik,
Thanks for the info re modem, thats good to know.
Now I am somewhat confused as to which is the best way to go in so far
as which system. I guess different people use different ones
but I guess it seems that maybe between SuSE and Ubuntu are likely
choices, am I in the right Ball Park??
Yes. "But wait, there's more".. in this case probably just complicating
your (development of informed) choice. Though supporters of other
distros are always free to chime in and channel additional support :)
This gives you KDE+RPMs &/or GNOME+DEBs - a sufficient range to get an
understanding of, to begin with..
Yes I am looking at installing rather than playing around with the CD's,
but I would want to be able to have dual booting so I can go to either
Linux or Windows as I do have several programmes that I use which as far
as I know do not have Linux capability.
Taken as read these days. ..I (use and) recommend not just the one Linux
partition. 5GB is enough to get by on, but you have room for 2-4 of
10GB+. When your install partitioning is done, putting these in opens
the way to easy upgrade (and data backup) options in future.
Immediately, being able to run both SuSE and Ubuntu (& $other_distros
you might want to test out) will give you:
a) the most options for getting the modem running; &
b) software exposure and experience to inform more choice.
No not or was a Teacher, I used to be a Telegraph Technician with
Telecom.....back a few years now....... been retired for quite sometime.
Sorry. My 5th form Science teacher had the same name.
But my grandad did the same job for the Post Office! :)
My computer does have a CD/DVD read/writer in it so guess I can handle
anything like that.
True. Just pick your supply route + install help.
Alan Hughes
Good luck
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Rik Tindall
