I've just installed Mandrake on my laptop. Because I wanted to
dedicate the entire machine to Linux, I accepted advice and
installed *everything*, on the supposition that, since a lot of
the stuff installed will be superfluous to requirements, I can
start my Linux education by (a) looking at what's available and
(b) deleting what's of no use.
All well and good so far.
However, in days of yore, uninstalling summat was risky. Just
deleting the "main programme" wasn't enough; there were links to
other programmes which, for a complete uninstallation had to be
ferreted out. If you didn't do this the hard disk gradually
filled up...
An interim measure was the ubiquitious DEFRAG that putted and
shoved and convinced you that efficiency was on the up and up.
Right. Well, quite a lot of this Linux installation is going
to be given the heavus. Are the same problems to be encountered?
Second Problem: the laptop is an
IBM Thinkpad 600e
which has a built in modem. I'd like to contact work at night,
but I've been told that it will not be via the on-board modem,
because this was dedicated to the dreaded Microsoft products and
any attempt to use it will result in galloping leprosy.
To my discredit, I'm inclined to think this not to be so.
However, I don't know how to fiddle it so that it will
work when I connect to the phone line.
Can anyone advise me, please, whether it's possible?
Regards,
Bill Bennett.
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