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Re: Question for Mike Carter Re: Anyone else going to switch to Fedora?
de mike 04/14/2006 12:22
Mark Carter <me@privacy.net> wrote in
news:443ebc6f$0$15794$14726298@news.sunsite.dk:
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> Dapper Drake is on the horizon (due out end of June, I believe), at
> which time I'll probably download Kubuntu and give it a spin.
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> Hope that helps.
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Thanks for your comments, Mark.
I've been following this as Puppy and Ubuntu have bothe worked for me, but
I have one killer problem with linux, and that's broadband internet
connection.
I bought an external 56k modem in my earlier efforts, and that worked (on
other distros that I couldn't get to work in other essential areas, but a
dialup is not quick enough for linux type d/ls, and besides I have to pay
premium rate per call!
I have a USB B/B modem (Voyager 105, prolly what all windoze B/B
subscribers get issued) but the distros all seem to require an ethernet
modem. This is all beyond me, so, the question..
Is there a distro that will get B/B through a USB modem, as I don't think
I'm prepared to follow up on the ethernet route, both for expense of buying
something that may well not work, and all the horror stories I've heard
about setting up network.
There seems to be very little discussion on this, it all seems to be taken
for granted, but for me it's a killer snag.
Yes, I am frightened to ask the regular channels.
Can you help?
mike