On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:50:23PM +0000, Rick Engebretson wrote: > The leap into Linux from MSWindows is daunting. The family computer is > not an available option for most eager learners. A second computer using > Linux (possibly double boot) is now affordable for many. > > With MSWindows Home Networking it is easy and cheap to add this second > (Linux) home computer to the internet. The MSWindows box requires > Windows98SE or above (we use ME) for use as the "gateway" TCP/IP, DHCP > network server. It works great. > > Instead of this hook-up most Linux experts suggest using the Linux > machine for the "gateway." When you know what you're doing that is great. > But most families won't try this experiment with their home system. So > Linux goes untried by too many kids. > > Linux is not the first OS kids learn. Simplifying the steps to begin > learning Linux is important. So I suggest adding a Linux box to an > MSWindows network. This is the opposite of adding MSWindows boxes to a > Linux network as most experts now suggest. > > Linux is the best OS. Let's share it. And the digest of this message is... ? Maybe it's too late in the afternoon. florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4