Re: [UUG/MLUG] TOASTER.

[Neil Warner <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I appreciate the suggestion and especially the response.  I want to make
it a project, though, to at least have and be able to use Netscape or
something to surf the web from this laptop w/ only 4 meg of ram, for whem
I'm just doing not learning. :).  Is minix the thing, or TinyX or howzzat

On Fri, 7 May 1999, Chris and Maria Cooper wrote:

> I would suggest this:  Learn the commands and stuff - before you start to
> use X or another graphical interface.  I have found knowing how the "system"
> works is the best way to learn.  This way you learn what your box is doing
> when it's In a graphical mode.  Make sense?  I would suggest using Slackware
> to learn on. Others will have their opinions - but it is simple and doesn't
> take up as much space.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Neil Warner <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> To: mlug <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 10:44 AM
> Subject: [UUG/MLUG] TOASTER.
> 
> 
> > Sorry if this is ignorant 'cause i haven't searched...
> >
> > Any luck on the Linux Toaster project?  IE, what about the "idiot user" if
> > you will, and people's arguments that Linux is very difficult to setup and
> > administer? I could accept conceivably that that is its one serious
> > drawback, outweighed by other factors in many occasions, but if there is
> > progress in that area.
> >
> > And can anyone sugest a good way to do a ****X  (grin) on my Compaq
> > Contura 486/33 laptop. I have 4 meg of RAM and a 14.4 modem currently. I'd
> > love to learn about Linux and stuff but the practical goal is to have
> > something faster and more usable for netsurfing than Win 3.11 w/ a
> > browser.  Am I losing my mind? Is what I have w/ Opera the thing, or can I
> > get an X or something somehow.
> >
> > I am quite a neophyte, I confess.
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > /\/eil
> >
> 
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