Hi Bryce,
Bryce Stenberg wrote:
Sorry if I have offeneded you by not answering a previous email.
Threads do tend to turn into a confusing bombardment of good, but often
different, advice. So that's ok.
I received several replies to questions, some of these had let me push on with
resolution.
Others to show I was a bit stuck and that I didn't like the amount of command
line time necessary in Ubuntu to get some action.
That was a genuine tangent then. It isn't like that at all. Politics?
When I then found reviews on net indicating this can be an issue with it, I
searched out other recommendations, SUSE popped up as it is a much more windows
like experience - as in gui based point and click and go. After all, I guess
I'm coming at this from a more consumer point of view, I don't want to know how
the magic works - I just want to be able to use some apps (like web browser,
word processor, database, apache server and development ide) without having to
buy a windows licence. I can learn the 'under the hood' stuff over time later.
As above. A bit more time would have solved whatever wasn't right for you.
And sorry if you're peaved that I ditched Ubuntu - I see you appear fond of it,
but please don't take that personally - open source is about being free to
choose after all.
You've still got Gnome :) That's something I can help with!
You want the gnome-ppp package installed now for dialout, but how you'll
get it - if stuck - is up to Volker or someone else to advise. That's
fine. Good luck.
I also see in the Linux field you are very knowledgeable. I did not mean to appear to ignore your wisdom. I hope I haven't burnt any future assistance from yourself since you know your stuff.
Not so much really. There's lots better experienced onlist. We just each
want 'users to conform to our $distro_choice' in order to be able to
confidently help. Glad you're finding your way through it all so well.
I will try to stay on top of answers (should flow much easier when the machine
I email from is in the same location as the one I'm trying to get support for,
or even better, is the one I am trying to get support for).
Hey, no worries. I'll be glad to hear how much improved Gnome's
integration into Suse is since when I tried it (c9.0).
Regards,
Bryce Stenberg.
All the best,
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Rik Tindall, InfoHelp Services <http://www.infohelp.co.nz> on virus-free
Ubuntu GNU/Linux 6.06 freeOS, 2.6.15-26-686 kernel, GNOME 2.14.3 desktop
