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----- Original Message ----- From: Derek Martin > The only reason you need Windows with Comcast is to make it easier to > deal with support calls. As anyone here will tell you, Linux works > fine with Comcast once your service is established. All you need to > do to get Linux to work with comcast is configure your ethernet card > to obtain an IP address dynamically, using DHCP. > > If comcast is the only thing preventing you from running Linux > full-time, then there's no reason at all... But if you don't know > networking well enough to fake the answers to Comcast support's stupid > scripted questions (and to know for certain that it's nothing on your > side that's causing your problem), then you'll want to keep the > partition around only for support troubleshooting purposes. Aside > from that, you need never use windows again... I've been using Linux (SuSE) since last June, and have never had a problem using it with Comcast. It worked right from the get go. I primarily have kept Windows on this, in the event of a connection issue. The few problems that have occurred since I had the service, have always been on their end. At least with Linux, I can listen to CD's, without static cling. :-) -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com.
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