[plug] Distributions (again)

[Mim Morcom]

You are not the only one having problems with ppp, I am in the same
situation. Tried to install X-isp, with no luck there either... but
perserverance will pay off I hope. If anyone out there can put their 2 cents
worth in to help, it would be appreciated

Michaela

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Potter <potter at central.murdoch.edu.au>
To: plug at linux.org.au <plug at linux.org.au>
Date: Saturday, 20 March 1999 12:07
Subject: Re: [plug] Distributions (again)


>At 10:13 19/03/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>I would certainly suggest Red Hat 5.2 for any new user, I found debian to
>have
>>just that little bit of extra complexity that might put such a user off.
That
>>said, I'm now moving over to Debian 2.1.
>>
>As a new user I would agree RH5.2 is very nice.  I've set up a couple of
>boxes now as dual boot and letting RH do the install and put LILO into the
>MBR was very straightforward.  Even when the XFree86 didn't support my
>Matrox G200 it was a simple job to download the .rpm files and upgrade to
>3.3.3.3.3.3.3.  (Big thanks to all the PLUGgers who replied to someone
>elses query about the G200)
>
>Biggest job I've had is configuring dial-up-networking using PPP - which
>still isn't working, but that's got more to do with my trying to figure out
>what the Murdoch dial-up server is expecting than anything else I think.
>
>Of course, without trying anything else my two bobs worth is worth just
>about that (for those of you not old enough - two bob is probably 25
>cents), but hey, everyone else gets their saay - why not me ;-)
>
>Rob
>