Re: [flalug] Modem for Newbie Red Hat 8.0 user

From: Eben King (eben1@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Tue Nov 25 2003 - 23:56:30 EST

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Smitty wrote:

> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 23:32, you wrote:
> > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Smitty wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 25 November 2003 22:25, you wrote:
> > > > Hello .. I am Micheal from Port Richey .. I am a newbie to Linux .. I
> > > > am using Red Hat 8.0 it was a gift with a book from my famliy .. I am
> > > > looking for a cheap external modem for Red Hat.. I have tried it on my
> > > > own and have had no luck .. please anything and brands that would help
> > > > me .. thanks for your time
> > >
> > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html#toc1
> > > 3Com makes some external modems that work on linux.
> >
> > Any external modem is serial, and thus will work fine, right?
>
> There are usb external modems.

Ah. I had not considered those. You are right.

> > > Be advised though that RedHat 8.0 is quite old.
> >
> > Well, from October, 2002. Whether that's "quite old" is up to you, I
> > guess.
> I guess I do not understand the nature of your comment. From the standpoint
> of security, many apps will need to be updated. From the standpoint of
> support, there may be none.

To install fresh, sure. But if somebody had RH 8 and had been updating
apps as security flaws were exposed, I don't see any reason to install a
different distribution over that. 

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