Too bad that with my phone lines, I get 14.4 connection. no cable/dsl (although i hear at&t is getting cable ready for Jan 1st... probobly not in my neighborhood...). And I ordered DirecWay, but the installer wouldn't install because of the trees *even though we have dish network!* So look at me mom! A fucking toaster could give me the ping of death...
Well, the fact that I have a 14.4k net connection at home is a big part of it....
It makes it a pain to download the latest kernel sources.... or to download the lib that **** needs... Or to keep up to date in the ever changing open source world.
I do run Windows on my 1.6ghz machine (dual boot with Slackware), and I run Slack on my 333mhz machine *and soon will be running a distro on my xbox*.... But I find myself using Windows more and more ALL because of this connection.
At school in my A+ Technician class I run linux... the T1 makes it a sweet expierience...
Btw, I'm not using a 14.4 modem, it's my phone lines. I already tried to get DirecWay, they couldn't install it due to too many trees on and off my property. DSL and Cable not available....
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Too bad that with my phone lines, I get 14.4 connection. no cable/dsl (although i hear at&t is getting cable ready for Jan 1st... probobly not in my neighborhood...). And I ordered DirecWay, but the installer wouldn't install because of the trees *even though we have dish network!* So look at me mom! A fucking toaster could give me the ping of death...
Well, the fact that I have a 14.4k net connection at home is a big part of it.... It makes it a pain to download the latest kernel sources .... or to download the lib that **** needs... Or to keep up to date in the ever changing open source world.
I do run Windows on my 1.6ghz machine (dual boot with Slackware), and I run Slack on my 333mhz machine *and soon will be running a distro on my xbox*.... But I find myself using Windows more and more ALL because of this connection.
At school in my A+ Technician class I run linux... the T1 makes it a sweet expierience...
Btw, I'm not using a 14.4 modem, it's my phone lines. I already tried to get DirecWay, they couldn't install it due to too many trees on and off my property. DSL and Cable not available ....