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    hey!

    Not that many people care but I finally got Linux working! Ethernets allot cooler than USB. Yeah thats all I have to say.
    "When I die I want to pass peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

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    good job. What ditribution?
    Yoshi

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    Mandrake 9.1. It took me a couple days to get my internet running. I just went out and bought a NIC card today and plugged it in. It solved everything really fast. I'm loving Linux so far. The whole installing new programs is a little confusing. I'm trying to figure out how to install the shockwave plugin, I just can't find where to install it to. I thought It was the ~/mozilla/plugin directory but It won't let me install there.
    "When I die I want to pass peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

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    lol
    to get USB cable modems working for Mandrake you type the following command:

    modprobe CDCEther

    questions?

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    Well my ethernet is working fine.
    "When I die I want to pass peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

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    Yeah but you just purchased an ethernet card when you couldve got by without one.

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    Sounds cool that you love linux....d/load some themes off Gnome or KDE sites, and you'll be loving linux more
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    Brian: STFU. Where were you on this thread?
    http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...threadid=44807

    Don't act like he should have known that.
    Away.

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    he shouldve
    what a retard. I mean like duh. Everyone knows CDCEther.

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    God I feel so stupid I don't know that command... I can't even figure out how to get my e-mail working and you expect me to figure out that command? I'm probably going to go get a new theme. I'm liking all the cool games and stuff on Linux so far. There are allot extensions on Linux. Thats my only complaint so far.
    "When I die I want to pass peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car."

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    guy 1: o u got linux?? how good r u with it??

    zakk: well, i can play games.

    guy 1: stop breathing.

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    Do you use KDE or GNOME or some other desktop? If KDE, good choice. Some people like GNOME for some reason. I used it for about a week and hated it.

    Oh, for kde, www.kde-look.org

    PS: After a while you'll probably want to move from Mandrake to either RH or Slack. Gentoo is pretty nice, if you have broadband. I think the reason I like Gentoo so much is because it is like a FreeBSD rip off.

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    KDE and GNOME eat resources like one big window-managing mozilla. It's a good idea to use one of the smaller ones, or wait until someone replaces stupid X.

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    On a rather low-end system, Gnome and KDE could be a pain...
    The smaller ones stated above should among others, include Fluxbox, Blackbox, XFce etc.

    zakk: well again, I can play games for Windows w/ Winex..

    guy 1: (resumes breathing)..hmm....

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    Fluxbox is awesome, if you have a older machine it's the best to use, IMHO. I do wish somebody would come out with a alternative to X though. X is so clunky and eats up your resources.

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