You paid for Star Office?? Man if you need something just ask. I have about 20 Star office disks in the wrapper. - Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter M. Williams" To: Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 11:32 AM Subject: DSL question from a newbie > Hello all, > I haven't spent much time with computers since 1993. Last year I was > forced to swap from Mac to IBM, and now I'm starting to play with Linux on a > PII300 I picked up cheap. I say play because I haven't' even been able to > get the thing to recognize the StarOffice CD I bought at the last PLUG > meeting, so I obviously have a way to go before I can say I 'work' with > Linux. > Anyway, my questions are about DSL vs. cox cable modem technology. Now > that I'm playing again, I want to play faster. I'm looking at the Cox cable > internet and at DSLsource, but I'm open to any other suggestions. At this > point, I don't even know if Cox can be used with Linux, and I'm a little > hesitant to sign with DSLsource, as I would be paying for the slowest speed > they offer and an IDSL modem. > Any thoughts? > Pete > > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss