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I like GUI's better like KDE. I haven't figured out "Linux Command Prompt" as I call it. I'll stick with the easy route for now. My main reason for switching to Linux is that Microsoft has turned really evil by making Windows XP users lives horrible. I REFUSE to place SP2 on any of my machines as it makes them patheticaly slow. I want to use an EASY Linux disto as my revolt against Microsoft. That's what made me think about joining you Linux users in using Linux for day to day basis. Last time I checked, the only RedHat I could buy in a store was a $100 version and it included RedHat and some server stuff. I think it was RH 9 or 10, not sure if it was Enterprise or not. Does AOL cost $9.99 a month? No so my guess to that would be no. I am trying to find some sort of broadband connection in my area that is at the same price as AOL which I know there are some... So if anything I'll get Wine or whatever and a real modem and then use Linux and AOL...

Ok, I'll get some online. That's why I am switching to Linux. It is my revolt against Microsoft. I hate them. If anything, to control my router I will use WIN 2K which I can still purchase and get SPs for it.

I know I know. AOL is VERY bad... I am looking into broadband companies in my area though so I can ditch the evil people. Amen to that! lol, that's one of the reasons why I want to ditch Windows and that it is too unstable. I grew up on an old Mac, and Macs in my view are stupid so my first real PC was Windows 98. I got hacked and Win 98 wouldn't boot so from there I went to XP. XP is good... but too much ad-ware and spyware junk. Slackware? Is that one a little easier to learn? I know RedHat is used a lot by web hosts because it is professional right? Thanks

I think they are correct. I have some clue but not a lot in what I am doing. Both computers are running Windows XP (No service pack as SP2 has MAJOR issues of slowing down my machines to where an old Pentium 1 @ 300 mhz Windows 98 runs faster. I think I have them set up correctly. I can get you any settings you want (screen shots or whatever is needed. I have my E:\ up for sharing... maybe I will check this computer's firewall. Although no message pops up it could be a firewall problem. I have Norton Internet Security 2004 on both machines. SP2 has caused me so many problems that I even had to get in-touch with Microsoft Tech Support to figure out what is wrong with SP2. I told them that I got so frustrated with my computer running so slow I un-installed it. It could be Norton though. Thanks so far for the help!

Ok... thanks... as soon as I have my heart settled on Linux, I guess I will go to SuSE and place that on an extra hard drive I have and go from there... but I would still like help before I make the move though... you know, pre-installation questions and such. So RedHat 5 is like Windows 2.0? I have seen screenshots (very poor ones) of Windows 3.1 but never 2.0. And the oldest OS I have ever used is Windows 95... Would anyone recommend those Linux versions that come with the books like the "For Dummies" books or the simallar books? I have been told before that those are junk copies and not to use them. Would anyone have any feedback on this for me? Thanks!

When I am online I usually chat with my one friend about computers and the computer company we plan to start soon. I also check my email (while wondering thrugh spam ) and also note that I have more than one email so it takes a while. I usually find some new piece of software to download and test out and sometimes look for web hosts and see which one is better (how I found this one!). But when I AM bored (rare occasion), I usually go to bored.com or I translate messages using Altavista's Babel Fish which turns out quite entertaining!

I like to use XMB (or eXtreme Message Board). It is some what new so it isn't all big and rad like phpBB or Invision. It is free, easy to customize from the admin panel, has lots of cool features and.... I think I just covered everything. Check it out at: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ I use XMB at one of my other websites at a host that really stinks so it looks VERY bad! But at the XMB website, you can see what one looks like by going to their community.

I just feel like I need to highlight this issue with AOL... They can't seem to use any "standard" methods... even their email ports don't use the "standard" ports...Ok, I will look into that PengAOLOuch... 14k is pretty limited.... I am not sure of the full speed AOL gives me though as everything (like above) is non-standard. I notice when I download stuff, my connection goes from 10K to 2-3K and if I am lucky, 4K if it isn't peak hours. I think I will look into a "proper" modem.Thanks for the link and other info... I will look into that.I am not a big game player... I mostly use my computer for Web stuff and homework but just in case... I have a few games though :PHmmm... currently I'll just use Linux to test it before I fully move in... Some how I got my SuSE Standard Server 8 to give me a regular SuSE Linux now I have to see if I can do it again. But I think I will have my friend burn me a copy of the mini-installer that he downloaded since he has DSL.Thanks so far!

I think it would be cool if Google offered webspace! Heck... I figured now that they are increasing file space on Gmail, I can use Gmail to back-up some files as each day it gets larger... Yahoo on the otherhand is going to upgrade their free mail accounts to one gig but two gigs costs $20 a year!

Umm... In English please? Ok, I am at my routers control panel... on the page after I log in, I see this message:The DI-524 is an Wireless Broadband Router ideal for home networking and small business networking. The setup wizard will guide you to configure the DI-524 to connect to your ISP (Internet Service Provider). The DI-524's easy setup will allow you to have Internet access within minutes. Please follow the setup wizard step by step to configure the DI-524. But I currently don't have broadband... just AOL on both this machine and my laptop. I just want to use it for sharing a printer and sending files from one machine to the other. Thanks

Ah, Thank you for correcting me on that. See, complete newbie to Linux, lol Hmm, I will check that. My friend downloaded a mini-installer for SuSE linux (the regular one, not server like I have). Tomorrow I'll give him a blank CD to burn it for me and on another hard drive I'll install it and see if I can get the drivers for my modem. Then I'll try getting AOL to work... or will I need Wine first as AOL's main file is waol.exe? Looking at it right now... thanks. I notice SuSE comesup several times. My friend asked around and also got told that SuSE was an easy one to begin with. I knew Xandros isn't free. I saw a review of it in a Linux magazine (Linux Journal I think) and saw that it costs $60. I might play around with SuSE for a while and might place an order for Xandros if I don't like SuSE. Of course with the SuSE Linux Standard Server 8 which I got free at a Novell/IBM Linux training course last summer. From just playing around with it, it seems pretty easy to use except for all the server stuff. lol, anyway, Wine should let me run exe files like in order to install AOL? Because when I tried installing AOL on SuSE SS8, nothing happened.... like Linux couldn't read it or something. About how much does Cedeger cost? My modem is a Broadxent V.92 modem... I have the drivers CD somewhere. So I will need that I guess? Thanks for all the help so far!

Well, maybe they just don't delete the quotes in the posting area... I don't know really. Just a suggestion.

Ok... I will go there later.As for my laptop, it has a built in wireless adapter but to turn it on, I press a button next to the power button. So I am not sure how to update the drivers for it but I will look into it. Thanks a whole lot for the help!

Ok, this might seem stupid but here is how I'll explain it: Computer --------D-Link Router ------Wireless----Laptop This is what it looks like right now. My computer is plugged directly into the router using cat 5 ethernet cable. Then the laptop uses the wireless functions. Could this be my problem then? Google is so hard to look something specific up so all the guides I found didn't help any. If anyone has a good one that could help me, by all means I'll take the link. Thanks

I have just finished testing E107 on my private server and I have pushed E107 to some limits. I would like to know of anyone else who uses E107 and what they like and dislike about it. I like it because it is secure, admin CP is easy to use and navigate around in, and it is a snap to add content! What it is missing is intergraded forums like PHP-Nuke so seperate forums are required or you can chat using the intergraded chat box. E107 isn't very much of a speedy thing (<- correct me if I am wrong... Dial up does weird things to you) but then again Nuke can take a while to load sometimes. You can visit E107 at http://www.e107.org/

I have been TRYING to get my self networked with a fairly small network. I have a D-Link Wireless Router (I can supply specs if needed) and I keep trying to ket my main PC to talk to my laptop. I tried the Microsoft Network Setup wizard and it's a flop. Nothing seems to work! I want to be able to open my E:\ for sharing over the network so I don't have to keep unplugging the USB cable. Also, I would like to network in my printer too as unplugging and re-plugging USB cables is starting to drive me nuts!Thanks for if you can help me! I just don't know where I messed up!

E107 is good. I like it because it doesn't have all the security holes as PHP-Nuke. If you want to check it out, the link is posted below to their website. Once I get enough credits for hosting, I think I might use E107 here. I haven't tried customizing it but I think it is easier than the Nukes. It has many themes and I find it easy to use. For member interaction, it includes a chat box too. But what really matters is the security of it! E107 (http://www.e107.org/)

I installed an advanced alpha version too. Worked real nice except for making new folders. Using one of the guides I found, it had a fix for this. Wrong move. This messed up the OS. From this point on, Longhorn refused to work correctly. I made the mistake of installing it over my GOOD working version of XP instead of one that dosen't seem to work right. I have to agree that M$ should slow down when making Windows versions. But I would like to see a whole new Windows. 98 was built off of 95, 2k was built off of 98, ME was built off of 2k, etc...

I would like to switch from Windows to Linux. My problem is I don't know which version of Linux is best for a newbie to Linux. I have played around with SuSE standard server 8 but it was hard and complicated. I think that has gotten me scared to use Linux. But would any of you suggest using those Linux/Windows hybrids like Xandros which is Linux, but it can run Windows applications and such (personally, I need this as AOL is Windows only). Before you say anything, I know AOL sucks. It is all I have currently. So would Xandros work for me?