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On Tue, 13 May 1997 05:00:41 GMT, kru@crazysexycool.com (KRU) wrote:

>1. Can I use my modem and enjoy surfing the internet under Linux
>environment? (fax/Modem Netcomm Roadster 28.8)

Yes, very easy.

>2. I have a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000. Anyone having a problem with that
>card and  X Windows installed? (worry it would damage the card)

The 3D 2000 is supported since it uses the ViRGE chipset, however if
you had a 3D 3000 then you would have to use some beta drivers unless
you bought AcceleratedX which recently announced support for the
ViRGE/VX chipset that the 3000 uses.

>3. Can I still use my handheld scanner (Logitech)

Umm, not too sure.

>4. Does Red Hat and Slackware CDs include some extra apps such as word
>processing?

Well, you can use the TeX pacakge (very professional output, hard to
use and not really a word processor as such) or something like "ez"
from the Andrews kit. You can run the SCO binary of WordPerfect using
iBCS mode, or run Wabi from Caldera and then run Word 6.0 or whatever.

>5. I don't like to use Pine as my email programs. Any good programs
>out there (with fantastic GDI)? such as Eudora or Netscape Mail

Netscape Mail works, but I don't like it myself. You could try exmh
(free), with X interface.

>6. Which one has the easiest installation? Redhat. Slackware...

In my opinion, RedHat, although I haven't tried Slackware in quite a
while (in the order of 2 years) so things have probably changed.

Hope this helps somewhat,
davew
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