[clug] Calling all Linux n00bs

[Lana Brindley]

2009/6/4 Daniel Pittman <daniel at rimspace.net>

> Felix Karpfen <felixk at webone.com.au> writes:
> > On Sat, 30 May 2009 18:14:18 +1000, Lana Brindley wrote:
> >
> >> If you're new to Linux, or just thinking about it, I would love you to
> >> head over there and vote on what you think about a series of independent
> >> Linux absolute beginner courses:
> >>
> >> http://lanabrindley.blogspot.com/2009/05/linux-n00bs.html
> >
> > As a perennial Noobie, I attempted to follow this request and confirmed
> to
> > the hilt that my own request is reasonable.
> >
> > I am looking for <advice|documentation> on installing broadband; and
> > attempting to access the suggested URL was woefully slow (by Linux
> > standards) when I use a 56k modem.
>

Hi Felix,

Sorry you couldn't see my blog, I can understand how the graphics could take
a long time to load under 56k connection speeds.

That aside, I'm just going to echo other comments, and that is that there is
really no barrier to using broadband with Linux, regardless of ISP. If you
have trouble setting things up, then just ask. Incidentally, I use Internode
for my connection (not least of all because they openly support Linux), and
it's been a very straight-forward process right from the moment I first
called them.

(That's not a plug, by the way, I don't have any affiliation with the
company other than as a subscriber. Just sayin')

L

-- 
Cheers! Lana

Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of
madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the
aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and
aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and
vagaries of the crowd.
 -- Edith Sitwell

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