>Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:05:59 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: RedHat 5.1 rumours?
>> > I think the next version will promote the following:
>> >
>> > - Stable and integrated desktop, like GNOME
>> > - Much-improved graphical administration, either via http, or
>> > GNOME tools for services, perhaps even dumping the existing
>> > {net,print,user,etc}tools
>>
>> Umm, probably in 6.0, not 5.1.
>Yes, I think so as well; I should have made 'next version' more clear..
I have read this thread with some dismay. I am a home user, retired on a
fixed income and have just bought the RH5.0 cd. My main OS is OS/2 which I
have been using since v2.0. I need a non windross alternative OS since IBM
are not interested in SOHO users.
I first tried Linux with an early Slakware distribution and mostly liked
what I found. I had to remove the Linux FT setup which followed the
Slakware setup so I could (reluctantly) install windblows95. I had been
asked to provide support to a group of users at my wife's church and they
had all had win95 foisted on them by their computer suppliers. I also
needed windross to get the initial connection to my ISP.
When I decided I could manage without the M$ product I looked around for a
more recent version of Linux. I had a version of RH4.x on a magazine cover
disk and liked the rpm 'system' so opted for RH. but as v5.0 was on the
horizon waited for that before forking out some of my limited resources.
Now I find that not only is my version about to be out of date but that it
appears to be full of bugs which I need to download fixes for. Since we
have to pay for local calls in the UK this could be an fairly expensive
project.
I appreciate that unix is primarily a network oriented system and much of
the discussion on this group seems to involve the problems of getting
things working on mixed networks of Macs, NT and unix kit. As a home user
with dial-up access to the Internet a lot of this is (probably) irrelevant
to my needs. What I want is a simple means of setting up access to my ISP
from Linux. In OS/2 I use a dialler and a mail reader. Each of these has a
simple setup with tabbed pages for inputting the relatively few details
need to dial and provide login/password details. The dialler loads
Netscape and my mail reader once a connection is established.
Is it impossible to have a simple setup like this in unix? Or can it only
be done by using a complicated sytem of config files. Do I need sendmail,
fetchmail, pine, minicom etc etc. I started using computers with CP/M and
Dos so am not averse to using the command line and textual pgms but would
prefer to use X. I like the 'look and feel' of KDE.
So what it comes down to is:
1. What are the essential bug fixes I need for RH5.0. running as a
stand-alone system
2. Will I need to recompile the kernal as I have not installed GCC or the
source code needed for re-compilation.
3. Is there a simple installation of an Internet connection using just a
dialler/newsreader/NS combination. I have read the various Howto's and
have not yet been able to get a connection working.
4. If I do have to configure the various pgms 'by hand' can someone advise
me what initialisation strings are need for my USR Sportster Voice 33600
modem (it is NOT the similar WinModem) In OS/2 the first init string is
AT&F and the second is AT&D2&C1X4V1Q0S7=70&M4&H1&B1&R2. Does this convert
directly into unix-speak?
5. When connecting to my ISP I have a login ID in the format a00b0000, but
my email name is different to this. Do I have to set up a user on my
system as a00b000 rather than my email name and use some sort of aliasing
to get my email name used?
Lots of questions I know but I do want to get a fully functionind Linux
systems set up so that I do not have to switch back to OS/2 in order to
browse the web or email. I can set up a different email address for Linux
so as to separate my OS/2 mail from Linux mail.
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Using OS/2 Warp 4, Injoy and MR/2 ICE
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