[aclug-L] Re: Xpde

[Anne McCadden <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

What I have seen lately of MSN is their own interface like what AOL has. 
 I will let him know that he will probably be able to use it.  We will 
plug in the number and try it.  Thanks for the input.  ~Anne

flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>MSN just uses standard Dialup Networking, so should work fine in Linux or
>any OS with PPP capabilities.
>That is, unless they've changed things recently.
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>-- Jonathan
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>>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
>>
>>jeffrey l koehn wrote:
>>
>>>Here is an interface that looks
>>>like Windows XP:
>>>http://www.xpde.com/modules.php?name=Screenshots
>>>
>>>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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