Actually, the skymedia and the old sagem cards have drivers for linux,
(i'd still be using mine if i was living in an apartment where i could use
my dish).
I remember the pain brainc went through when he was first attempting to
code the sagem drivers for inhouse use, i'm positive he spent many many
semi sleepless nights coding those drivers.
On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Edward Murphy wrote:
> Ihug sales wouldn't have a clue about linux.
>
> You can use the Satnet/Ultra product under linux and we acutally recomend
> it. The Win9x/NT/2000 drivers are not as good as the linux based ones. The
> only cards that work under linux though are the Sky Media 200 or 200d.
>
> If anyone would like any more info on this topic please email me privately
> so as not to cause to much traffic one the group.
>
> Regards
> Edward Murphy
> Ihug Internet Helpdesk
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Edward Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Jason Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] ISP support and Linux
>
>
> > Edward Murphy wrote:
> > >
> > > Well speaking from a helpdesk point of view the helldesk I work for
> (ihug)
> > > don't officially support linux but if you were to call up and need
> support
> > > their is someone there that would be more then glad to help them out.
> > >
> > > We even provide drivers for our Satelite product (Ultra/satnet) for a
> linux
> > > 2.2 kernel.
> >
> > I contacted iHug sales by email asking about Satnet and they did
> > not even bother to reply.
> > Says a lot!
> >
> > Stay well and happy
> > Heracles
> >
>
>
>
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