[aclug-L] Re: Xpde

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne McCadden wrote:

>Very good idea.  Whatever gets people hooked.  I know some people who 
>want to have a linux machine, just to get email and surf the web without 
>getting viruses.  Some like the screensavers, like sonar.  Others have 
>said that they want an OS and office suite without costing a forture.  
>
>The linux in spanish is going well, but he wants some modifications in 
>the hardware and is trying to figure out how he is going to connect to 
>the internet.  I told him that as far as I know his MSN won't work on 
>linux.  I am not sure as to what dialup will work on linux.  AOL won't 
>work.  Any ideas or suggestions?  ~Anne
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Almost any ISP dialup should work with linux.  You just have to do a 
little playing to get the setup correct.

ppp, diald, and your personal setup usually works great




>jeffrey l koehn wrote:
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>>Here is an interface that looks
>>like Windows XP:
>>http://www.xpde.com/modules.php?name=Screenshots
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>>Have any of you used Xpde? Or would you?
>>I don't really like anything that
>>copycats an MS interface but
>>to each his own. 
>>What I was wondering is if something
>>like this is useful to somebody who
>>uses Windows on a daily basis or if
>>an interface like this would be useful
>>to someone who would like to switch
>>to linux.
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