Internet woes redux

[Dazed_75]

Dump aol and get a real ISP and I suspect most of those problems will go
away.  Aol truly expects you to be running windows where they can install
their own network drivers and other stuff.  Aol can be accessed by
non-subscribers but they want their subcribers in environments they are
willing to support.

My 2 cents

On 7/15/07, Robert N. Eaton <Motheaton28 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> After having tried to upgrade my previous box unsuccessfully, I cobbled
> up a new one:
>
>     Athlon 64 X2 5600+
>     ASUS M2N322 SLI Deluxe MB
>     2GB Corsair xms2dhx memory
>     PNY NVIDIA GeForce8500w video card
>     160 GB hd for WinXP
>     300GB hd for Linux
>     Pioneer SATA DVR-212D dvd/cd writer/
>     Ultra XBlaster atx mid tower case/Ultra 700W Power Supply
>
> OK, so I can't afford a Ferrari.  I'm neither an over-clocker nor a
> gamer.  This combo runs cool and quiet, and seems solid. It's also
> pretty quick.
>
> The only distro I've been able to load successfully is 32bit
> fedora Core 6. Both Kubuntus choked and went into kernel panic, refusing
> to install. Xandros declined the honor. Fedora 7 seemed to install
> correctly but hosed the MBR and I could neither access WinXP nor Fedora 7.
>
> I'm still have the problem of Linux being unfriendly with the internet
> and not recognizing my email provider. Firefox connects readily enough
> with userfriendly.org, one of my favorite sites. But it won't connect to
> the links  in UF's LOTD (Link Of The Day.) It times out trying to
> connect to Google and Bankofamerica.com. Thunderbird and Email
> steadfastly refuses to recognize my account at aol.com. (This is why I'm
> writing to you under WinXP. Please don't ask for long printouts from
> various features in Fedora. I haven't yet found a way to trf files from
> Linux to WinXP.  (The other way round I can manage .))
>
> Is it that Linux doesn't play well with SATA ? (Not SATA RAID, just SATA
> hdds and DVD-ROM's.) Is it that Linux doesn't play well with Qwest ADSL?
> That doesn't seem to be it, for it worked perfectly before my old box
> started to flake out. Is it the combination of SATA _and_ ADSL?
>
> I'm getting discouraged.  I _like_ Linux-in-general. I _don't_ like what
> it's doing (or failing to do) right now.
>
> Bob Eaton
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