On Tue, 2010-09-28 at 02:28 +0000, papasmurf wrote:
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> HI FOLKS:
> Am retired senior. Have very old, slow, tired Gateway desktop. Seeking
> good used AMD dual core tower, to finally bring my home pc into the
> 21st century. When I find one, was pondering installing Linux on old
> pc, so I can spend time familiarizing myself with the system. Is this
> a good way to go?
> Am in the dark on how to access the internet on a Linux-based pc. Live
> in New England and have Fairpoint Communications for home phone/
> internet service and they don't support Linux. Is there a way around
> this?
> Having answer to these questions will help to get me started.
> Just read about a program called Mepis and it seemed like a good
> starting point. Comments on this?
> Thank You in advance. TTFN. Old Tom aka papasmurf
Hi Papasmurf
Although I usually stick with Fedora, I would suggest you try Ubuntu
first. It generally works straight out of the box, so as to speak. Not a
lot of getting things to work to be done. Hardware is well supported.
Your ISP doesn't need to support Linux. If they told the truth, they
don't support any O.S. They just provide a connection and a billing
service. You'll need basic information like whether your IP address is
static or dynamic, gateway IP addresses etc. You set that all up in the
networking window, pretty easy stuff, and you should be away.
Once you're familiar with where to find and do things, you'll find
navigating around your desktop and computer file system a snap. It
actually makes sense!
Clay.
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