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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 09 Mar 2003 12:42 pm, Kai Hendry wrote: > How about this. A WIKI/FAQ on dclug where we all can store answers to > typical mails that we seem to see a little too often lately? Yes. If you'd like to send me some of your answers and anyone with tips or contributions to make a list of pointers, links to reputable / trusted sites, details of where to get more information etc. I'll prepare a page to link to the main list-faq page. Something else I want to add is a page (or more likely a link to a remote page) about the acronyms that people use. I've had to look up WIKI myself: http://www.wiki.org/wiki.cgi?WhatIsWiki <quote> Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. </quote> Are other members interested? It would need a fair amount of contributors to be worthwhile. > The Winmodem excuse is old. If people own such a bad piece of hardware, > buy a USB modem or some external modem. They are cheap. Lets evolve! Hmm. People don't but winmodems, they but a PC with a winmodem thrown in virtually for nothing. I tried a USB modem and it wouldn't dial under Mdk9. I've got two of my own winmodems working through helpful Linux people. Seems like there is very definitely a need for consideration and helpful support of internal PCI modems. The basic point is that why shouldn't someone ask how to get their existing modem working (when a lot of them CAN work under Linux now) rather than forking out more cash? A free OS that incurs hardware costs is a little bit sour. There is information in the DCLUG archive on solving these win/linmodem problems but I can add that to the FAQ too. The drivers for these modems are mostly non-GPL so many distros don't include or even search for them so it's worthwhile for a LUG to point out how people can connect to the internet without extra expense and encourage them to leave Windoze behind for the first time, at least for internet stuff. I'm all for evolving but I think the starting point includes internal PCI modems - it certainly does for anyone with a new PC. External modems can be 5-10x more expensive than the internal PCI modem already fitted. This will lead to a useful addition to the existing DCLUG content - if others have ideas for what they would like to see in the 'online content' information (perhaps a summary of a topic described in the archives to mak it easier for people to get up to speed without having to skip across many messages) then please let me know. - -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk http://www.dclug.org.uk http://www.wewantbroadband.co.uk/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+a0ekiAEJSii8s+MRAo40AJ9x9W4HH09p86uQBvbWDeaNmt0YeACfbrbJ 8RfDZrqQ7Z4/iN3sBZcE3Tg= =Fdin -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.