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Hi, I just installed Linux to my computer and it's great, I think i'm gonna stick with it for a while now! Although i used the UMSDOS installation it's been great so far. Sorry for the questions guys, but i'm kinda of a newbie to linux and don't know where else to go, Thanx in advance for your answers! After sttrugling with configuring the Xserver thing, i'm gonna spend a few more days trying to fix the internet connection, the sound and the xwindows( i still can't run it in a res. better than 640x480, with a virtual screen of 800x600, because i foundout that the only server that is gonna take advantage of my Matrox Millenium is a commercial server... >From Xinside, if someone out there has a better way out of this, please let me know...). How do i connect to my ISP? I read the HOW-TOs and followed the instructions step by step, but still, when i connect to the ISP computer and give my login and password i try to launch the pppd, but it cuts the connection, and if i try it alone, it does not dial... About the sound, thats a hole new story, i'll try to fix it after i can get my internet connection working. Another quick question... Why doesn't linux recognize long filenames from Win95? and why after i download a file using win95, i can't run it in linux(considering that i already tryed to download netscape for linux, and it didn't work...) Here's a description of my computer, if it helps... Pentium 133 PCI bus 16 M RAM 1.2G HD 17" monitor sound blaster, Matrox Millenium(2M WRAM, PCI) 28.8 modem from USR and the CDROM ( strange thing is that the CD works perfectly) SlackWare Linux Kernel 1.2.8 Thanx a lot, Alec_X "a great windows 95 system is not a good linux system..." http://hudson.idt.net/~alecs19
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