On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 09:51 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > >That's the only way to get past the numbskull OS check, similar to what > >some lame websites do. Once you're past the OS check, everything else is > >the same, but they like to pretend it's not. Bummer. When I was still on modems, the old Mindspring was great with respect to Linux. They had cheat sheets that they faxed to me, on how to configure kppp or minicom to connect. I guess the Earthlink buyout wasn't so great. > > > That's not quite true. Almost, but not quite. The people > on the other end of the line know where to send you and > what commands to use to set up Windows/Mac. But they > don't / can't know for Linux. They used to.... Thanks, Mike
