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My first post from Linux.
Zombie9920:
I have tried to get my Lucent Winmodem to work in Linux several of times(each attempt was unsuccessful). Well, I bought an external modem today and it actually works in Linux.
Now I can actually use the internet in Linux I may enjoy the OS more. I will say that I think that the fonts in Windows XP look better and I still like Windows more than I do Linux...but now I can play with Linux when I'm bored. I know this is a pointless post...this is just a victory post. ;P
Anywho, I'm going to see what kind of useful things I can find on the net for Linux now.
BTW, the external modem seems to perform so much better in Windows(and it doesn't use CPU cycles) so even if I decide to ditch Linux I still came out with a better modem.
For people looking to buy a good Linux compatible dial-up modem look no further than the "Actiontec External 56k modem (EX560LKA)". It works without a hitch in Linux, Windows and BeOS.
[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: Zombie9920 ]
SAJChurchey:
First off,
All external modems work in Linux; we really don't need a recommendation. A V.92 56k external is pretty much just that. I'm surprised that ur Lucent modem didn't work in linux a lot of internal lucents were made to work with linux.
But, all in all, congrats. What distro r u running?
[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: SAJChurchey ]
Zombie9920:
I'm messing with Mandrake 9.1 right now. After I get used to the underpinnings of Linux(the command line part of Linux) I will try a harder to use distro.
Right now I'm fighting with getting MPlayer to work on this fool thing. LoL, I sound like a hobbyist because I'm just tinkering with stuff.
SAJChurchey:
That's how we all learn linux, by tinkering w/ it. What's ur problem w/ MPlayer.
KernelPanic:
Don't let Mplayer get you down. It is notoriously a bitch to compile, well mencoder is worse...
Have you tried the RPM's - Hey build your own RPM for the practice :D
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