Alternatives that don´t suck?

[Leon Goldstein]

dan wrote:

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> I never tried Caldera, wish I had as it seems a lot of folks on this 
> list ran it at one time or another.

This list originally was the Caldera Open Linux list.  A bunch of 
ferociously loyal and knowledgeable OL users  spent a lot of time and 
effort dispensing wisdom to make a lot more ferociously loyal OL users.

> When I moved to the UK and was setting up my computer I decided to buy 
> CD's rather than to download via dialup and at the local store only 
> SuSE and Corel were available.  I bought SuSE and had problems getting 
> kppp to work then. I seem to remember, when I moved to RH 7.0
> that kppp worked ok, but I still liked wvdial better. When I switched 
> to Debian kppp never worked right for me.  Then we got cable.
> I seem to recall within the past month a couple of kppp problems on 
> the debian user list, so I guess it's still an issue.
>  
>
I've used SuSE on and off since 6.1.  I thought 6.4 was pretty good.  I 
remember setting up Kppp with the YAST tool was easy, but I could never 
stay connected owing to the firewall.

Debian Kppp works fine - for root.

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>
>> Libranet Debian was also a delight, owing to its Adminmenu - a
>> collection of Perl scripts - that had a simple and elegant  dialup
>> configuration. (Sigh)
>>   
>
> I ran Libranet on an old HP box that has since been retired. I liked 
> it, it was easy to set up and maintain.
>
> Kind Regard,
> Dan
>
>  
>
After Caldera went bust, the list became distro transparent.  There are 
a number of Libranet veterans on this list as well.  I still use it for 
my basic word processing and internet needs.

-- 
Leon A. Goldstein

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