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TonInter wrote: nothing, this is starting to worry me, maybe i should get another distro of linux....i dont know can anyone recomend me a good one that is easy for newbies ?

Okay here's the catch: Slackware is pretty much the most basic, badass distro of Linux available--if you can't get it to work under Slackware, it probably won't work at all.

By the way, what modem do you have/what ISP? Did you call your ISP's tech support about configuring your connection with Linux? Does this setup work with WindBlows? If it does, try running netconfig to (attempt to) setup your internet.

Thanx nighthawk, ill download SUSE. Peace

al_tyranny wrote:

TonInter wrote::( nothing, this is starting to worry me, maybe i should get another distro of linux....i dont know can anyone recomend me a good one that is easy for newbies ?

Okay here's the catch: Slackware is pretty much the most basic, badass distro of Linux available--if you can't get it to work under Slackware, it probably won't work at all.

By the way, what modem do you have/what ISP? Did you call your ISP's tech support about configuring your connection with Linux? Does this setup work with WindBlows? If it does, try running netconfig to (attempt to) setup your internet.

I have a dsl modem....i tried netconfig but nothing

TonInter wrote:I have a dsl modem....i tried netconfig but nothing

What I meant by what type of modem was who manufactured it and what the model number is. I was thinking you could do a Google search for "configuring xxx internet linux" and see if there are any special drivers you need to use with it.

al_tyranny wrote:

TonInter wrote:I have a dsl modem....i tried netconfig but nothing

What I meant by what type of modem was who manufactured it and what the model number is. I was thinking you could do a Google search for "configuring xxx internet linux" and see if there are any special drivers you need to use with it.

Oooo i see, its a D-Link DSL 360-T, i didn't think of that al_tyranny thanx
Anyway, i made up my mind, im going to download Ubuntu and
thats finnal! Anyone wanna talk me out of it ?

Go for it.

Which distro is best comes down to you in the end. If you don't like it, well, you can always burn another disk and install a different one (and keep your original /home partition as long as you don't reformat it). Switching between distros isn't anything drastic.

try out every distro you get it is the best way to learn
slackware c00l

TonInter wrote:Oooo i see, its a D-Link DSL 360-T, i didn't think of that al_tyranny :) thanx
Anyway, i made up my mind, im going to download Ubuntu and
thats finnal! Anyone wanna talk me out of it ? :oops: :)

Of course I do. But, if you've got your mind made up, there's really nothing mere words can do ;)

Well, if you think that there is another, better, distro for newbies....tell me

RomMaster is EVIL

I've been interested in setting up a version of Linux for some time now but i'm not sure what to settle for, anyone got some good sites/suggestions for me? i tried out mandrake linux on a bootable cd but i'm looking for something to completely replace my windows

Just look around. There are much topics about this her in the forums - we have discussed it already. Also you could search more info with Google ... Google knows it all!