i'll think you'll find suse has its own dialler, iirc it is called ktinternet or similar. no doubt volker will pop up soon and tell us.
On Wed, August 16, 2006 12:27 am, Rik Tindall wrote: > 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, > -- > 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 >
