On Sunday 18 May 2003 4:08 pm, Peter Lumb wrote:
Hello everyone for the first time.
My reason for joining is that I have been a Microsoft user for many years and, prior to that, I built my own computers even before Clive Sinclair brought out the ZX80! Linux at first sight looks more interesting than Windows though it appears to be more complicated to get started.
Wow you must be as old as me. I worked on a 16 bit mini built entirely out of TTL in the mid 70's and then built my first 'home computer' on veroboard using an 8080.
Hence my first question. The way I start an internet connection is to open Mozilla , press the configure network icon and press activate. The connection is made but there is no indication of what is happening as there is with Explorer. I therefore have no idea if and when the connection is made. Sound output is connected to another device so I cannot hear any tones. Must I disconnect this and rely on sound to know what is going on or is there another way?
Coming from Windows you would probably be most comfotable with a window/desktop manager like KDE. In KDE you use kppp to start an internet connection. This has a log sceen showing call progress and kde routes the modem sound to the PC speaker for you.
Ian