On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:00:27 -0600 WB5BKL <wb5bkl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My friends, the Tanners, have expressed some interest in Linux after > the usual disappointments with their aging Windows XP installation. > > Could our group come up with a machine with a beginner's distro > (perhaps Ubuntu) for a test-drive? It would need to have appropriate > software/hardware for a dial-up network connection. I have one of the > old ComPaqs (with Ubuntu 7.?? and a modem) that I could donate, but it > is really pretty old technology and not too zippy. > > I have proselytized them about Linux, including the advantages of free > software, inherent security and the near-complete absence of e-mail > viri. I have an 800 MHz P3 machine which has 256 MB of RAM. It's currently got PCLinuxOS on it but that's easy to change and I'm pretty sure I have at least one USR external modem. Here's the best deal going on dialup service. https://accnet.com/cgi-bin/signup/vt/signup.pl -- Don Crowder http://www.don-guitar.com http://www.lockergnome.com/eldergeek/ //www.freelists.org/list/donspatch http://don-guitar.blogspot.com/ http://www.myspace.com/donguitar A proud user of Debian Etch w/KDE. ______________________________________________________________________________ Highland Lakes Linux User Group (HLLUG): http://www.hllug.org HLLUG mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/hllug