Re: [UUG/MLUG] TOASTER.

["Chris and Maria Cooper" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

You could use Lynx as your browser on your computer.  I don't even know if
you can get a version of Netscape to run on your laptop with any linux
distro.  Let me look into this - I'll see what I can come up with :)
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Warner <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [UUG/MLUG] TOASTER.


> 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
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>