[aclug-L] Re: Xpde

[flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx]

Having their own interface and having their own protocols are ENTIRELY
different things.
Almost every ISP these days has their own interface.  That means nothing.

-- Jonathan



> 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.
>>
>>-- Jonathan
>>
>>
>>>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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