On Thu, Mar 18, 1999 at 09:42:32AM -0800, fockface dickmeat wrote:
Could you tell me how?
Run pppconfig from the pppconfig package.
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Subject: Re: I can't believe this
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Richard Lyon wrote:
Logically it may be better to spend some money on an os which doesn't
require
specialist training to understand.
Right. Which one might
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Richard Lyon wrote:
Logically it may be better to spend some money on an os which doesn't require
specialist training to understand.
Right. Which one might that be? (I've used dozens of OSes and I haven't
yet come across one like that.)
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Could you tell me how?
From: Lawrence Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: I can't believe this
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 13:07:23 -0800 (PST)
Well I have to say that setting up ppp in debian
debianuser writes:
Could you tell me how [to set up ppp]?
Run pppconfig as root to configure ppp. Use pon to bring up the connection
and poff to shut it down.
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:42:32 PST, fockface dickmeat wrote:
Could you tell me how?
pppconfig
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In regard to debian's install being difficult for newbies, there seems a
simple solution. At the beginning of the install process have a menu
that asks what competency level the user is. (beginner, intermediate,
advanced) Then have an install procedure suitable for that level.
Some menus could
Tommy Malloy wrote:
In regard to debian's install being difficult for newbies, there seems a
DIFFICULT???
I find the install for Debian to be one of the easiest around. If it
boots, it will install! I have had more trouble installing M$ products
than I have had installing Debian.
simple
I see a lot of squabbling on debian-devel and there is doubtless more
unseen in debian-private about political issues from every conceivable
angle.
Actually there is much less on debian-private.
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George Bonser wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Ed Cogburn wrote:
I don't see Deb spending a lot of time playing politics. I don't
see Deb developers spending a lot of time on other mailing lists
or newsgroups proselytizing Debian over other dists. For the most
part, we do our
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have to admit, there were several times even *I*
was ready to delete everything Linux on my PC - but my continual displeasure
with everything MicroSoft kept me going.
Hear Hear I was the same.
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL
I'm now taking a course in Linux. It's the only way I can learn
it. Dos, Windows, Assembler, AppleDos, etc are all self -intuitive. Linux
is not.
Have you tried a good book like Running LINUX by Welsh and Kaufman
(O'Reilly)? It helped me a lot.
The linux HOWTOs are pretty good also.
George Bonser wrote:
On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Adam Linford - Prima House wrote:
The point I'm trying to make is that effort often returns
satisfaction and knowledge, which is why I'm here. Debian is more than just
software, it's politics.
Adam
WHich I personally see as a weak
Folks,
My 2- cents:
I've come from a background of writing dataacq apps for DOS/Windows for
product manufacturing. Maybe that gives me a leg up to getting a Linux system
running, maybe it doesn't.
Still, I found that downloading a dozen or so floppies and installing
to a
George Bonser wrote:
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Jesse Evans wrote:
I feel that most of the press coverage of Linux has been tainted by
the
commercial marketing efforts of certain distributions. If I were a writer
and
had no knowledge of the subject matter of my current task, I
On Tuesday 9 March, Kieth Murphy wrote
* I'm not sure the installation itself needs radical fixing.
* Please preserve robustness.
* Maybe we need to represent a clear alternative.
* Maybe RedHat has its priorities wrong (flash over functionality?).
I agree with these opinions, and moreover, I
George Bonser said:
//http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/opensource/390823.html
//
//zdnet did a review of Debian. Included are such comments as:
//
//Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 ($38.95 direct) ...
//...Windows users should steer clear of Debian.
//
//...The company says it will include a new
On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 08:44:34PM -0800, George Bonser wrote:
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/opensource/390823.html
zdnet did a review of Debian. Included are such comments as:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 ($38.95 direct) ...
...Windows users should steer clear of Debian.
Aside from the
George Bonser wrote:
I think these criticisms are overstated in many cases. Ever try to get
ppp running on Solaris? I have installed many distributions. The initial
install is only a portion of the problem. The rest comes in getting the
system configured the way that you need it. That is
On 1999-03-07 22:47, Mark Wagnon wrote:
George Bonser wrote:
I've tried most of the distributions. I started with slackware, dabbled
with redhat, tried debian 1.3 but wasn't able to get past dselect back
then, used suse for more that a year, and now I'm settled with debian.
Nothing beats
Yeah, and a whole bunch of other people. Basicly the article's slant is
be afraid of Debian, be very afraid.
I couldn't believe the way they portrayed Debian as a commercial product --
even the X days of support (that's your job George:-).
The one strong positive they noted -- the
On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 09:43:11PM -0800, George Bonser wrote:
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Ben Collins wrote:
Aside from the obvious errors, I think we should note the criticisms,
they are actually quite true (they didn't beat around the bush when
mentioning them either).
Ben,
I think these
On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 00:22 -0500, Brian Clark wrote:
If you're trying Linux for the first time, Red Hat is the best choice.
If I had to choose for the first time again, there is no doubt in my mind
that I would go with Debian. Period.
As horrible as it sounds I think I would have to
In a message dated 3/7/99 10:45:21 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 ($38.95 direct) ...
...Windows users should steer clear of Debian.
I completely agree. Your forget, the targe of Windows is those people that
DON'T know an IRQ from an I/O address.
I read similar articles like this too. They are not really biased simply
because they promote Redhat's Linux. The Debian system is a collection of
high level puzzle pieces that an under-experienced user would have great
difficulty using.
On the other hand, you have Redhat and Caldera with their
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This is really good! I will put this
On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, eferen1 wrote:
with me. I'm now taking a course in Linux. It's the only way I can learn
it. Dos, Windows, Assembler, AppleDos, etc are all self -intuitive. Linux
is not.
I disagree with this. Linux is no less self-intuitive than DOS or
assembler (or any lang).
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote:
I can't really find any criticisms that were mentioned that reading
through the docs, or asking on this list wouldn't solve.
First off, I agree with you. However, people don't want to have to read
through the docs, or rather, hunt through the docs. People
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I think these criticisms are overstated in many cases. Ever try to get
ppp running on Solaris? I have installed many distributions. The initial
install is only a portion of the problem. The
Well I have to say that setting up ppp in debian was the easyist, of all
the Linux distros and any other OS I have installed.
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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 11:15:02 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Again, this article was written for the person who is new to Linux, and I
agree - for the newbie - be afraid. It can be done, but it takes HOURS of
work and HOURS of reading. Most new users
On 03/08/99 at 10:21:55, eferen1 wrote concerning Re: I can't believe this:
it. Dos, Windows, Assembler, AppleDos, etc are all self -intuitive. Linux
is not.
Absolutely not. Dos, Windows, etc. etc. are not self-intuitive. They
each assume certain proficiencies, and someone who lacks them
On 07/06/98 at 09:47 PM, Mark Panzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Mike Merten wrote:
On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 09:51:52PM +0200, Shiraz Sayani wrote:
I seem to have been receiving some spam which started after I asked
a question on this list (note the new mung).
As a matter of fact, I too have
On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Shiraz Sayani wrote:
Thomas Apel wrote:
[...]
Just for the record: I also got this beanie-baby-thing twice the last
month. But not from AOL. The first was from msn.com and the second from
fuse.net. But as Somnolent already said I'm not 100% sure if this is
Johann Spies wrote:
I have also received the beanie-bag spam. I received the followin message
last week and just want to know whether some of you did also receive it:
I received a message with similar text which I forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They said they were dealing with it.
On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 09:51:52PM +0200, Shiraz Sayani wrote:
I seem to have been receiving some spam which started after I asked
a question on this list (note the new mung).
Has anyone else had the same? Am I being paranoid, or is it
possible some spammer is mining the archives of these
Mike Merten wrote:
On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 09:51:52PM +0200, Shiraz Sayani wrote:
I seem to have been receiving some spam which started after I asked
a question on this list (note the new mung).
Has anyone else had the same? Am I being paranoid, or is it
possible some spammer is
Mark Panzer wrote:
As a matter of fact, I too have received a few... one from some
jerk on AOL advertising 'beanie-baby grab-bags' and one from...
heck, can't remember which major news net, ZDNET maybe? (didn't save
it) :(... exclaiming all the 'neato' features of Windoze 98 ;/
I
Mark Panzer wrote:
Mike Merten wrote:
[snip]
I also had the exact same spam mail (beanie bags and all) there should
be a debian policy against using e-mail archives for spam-mail
purposes. It really does get annoying recieving such mail.
Mark Panzer
There is a debian policy. I
Mark Harrison wrote:
[...]
There is a debian policy. I cant remeber the details but it says
something like if you advertise then you agree to pay $1999 per
advertismentand if you contact us we might discount this rate for
relavent advertising. So, should someone send them the bill?
On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Somnolent wrote:
: Mark Panzer wrote:
:
: As a matter of fact, I too have received a few... one from some
: jerk on AOL advertising 'beanie-baby grab-bags' and one from...
: heck, can't remember which major news net, ZDNET maybe? (didn't save
: it) :(... exclaiming
Hallo,
I have also received the beanie-bag spam. I received the followin message
last week and just want to know whether some of you did also receive it:
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:13:20 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please Read
Hello, my name is Andy. I know where
Johann Spies wrote:
I have also received the beanie-bag spam. I received the followin message
last week and just want to know whether some of you did also receive it:
I received a message with similar text which I forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
They said they were dealing with it.
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Johann Spies wrote:
Hallo,
I have also received the beanie-bag spam. I received the followin message
last week and just want to know whether some of you did also receive it:
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:13:20 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please Read
Johann Spies wrote:
Hallo,
I have also received the beanie-bag spam. I received the followin message
last week and just want to know whether some of you did also receive it:
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:13:20 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Please Read
Thomas Apel wrote:
[...]
Just for the record: I also got this beanie-baby-thing twice the last
month. But not from AOL. The first was from msn.com and the second from
fuse.net. But as Somnolent already said I'm not 100% sure if this is
somehow related to this list.
Yep. It's probably an
On Tue, Jul 07, 1998 at 08:53:28AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote:
Hallo,
I have also received the beanie-bag spam. I received the followin message
last week and just want to know whether some of you did also receive it:
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 00:13:20 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
I seem to have been receiving some spam which started after I asked
a question on this list (note the new mung).
Has anyone else had the same? Am I being paranoid, or is it
possible some spammer is mining the archives of these lists?
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