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In article <3462EDE8.6BA3@enternet.com.au>,
Richard Main  <rmain@enternet.com.au> wrote:
>I am very new to Linux, and jhave just finished installing Red Hat Linux
>3.3 (??). I want to set up my computer to log into my Internet account
>at Enternet.com.au. Which program/s do I use to start TCP/IP, dialing,
>and to load Netscape, either in X Windows or standalone?

You want pppd for that:  see the ``PPP HOWTO'' which is posted
regularly to

    <URL:news:comp.os.linux.answers>

recently as:

    <URL:news:PPP-HOWTO.1-28658.875847199@cc.gatech.edu>

>I also want to buy a laser printer, either a HP 6P or a 6L. Which one is
>better? The 6L retails here in Aus for about $680, while the 6P is about
>$1100. The 6L is good value $$$ wise, but it take valuable cycles from
>the CPU. Have anyone had any experience with either of these printers?

Yup.  Just bought a 6L which works quite well with the LaserJet4
device of both groff and ghostscript.

While the latter certainly takes up more CPU cycles than printing
PostScript direct to the [6P] printer would, it's certainly not an
unberable load.

>Alao, I need a good X server setup instruction. I have the O'Reilly &
>Associates "Running Linux" and the Sams Publishing "Linux Unleashed" but
>both were printed in 1996. Any advice to set up X would be much
>appreciated.

There isn't really much involved with setting up an X server other
than creating the correct config file for your hardware and XFree86
now comes with a nifty GUI configuration program to do most of that.

The ``Linux XFree86 HOWTO'' (posted to c.o.l.answers) should help:

    <URL:news:XFree86-HOWTO.1-29728.878626499@cc.gatech.edu>

>Finally, I would like to update my Linux distribution. I have Red Hat
>3.0.3 running, but I assume there is a later release. I have heard of
>4.2 or something like that on the newsgroups, so I assume that is the
>latest. What is the best method of upgrading -- either via the Net or
>buying a CD set?

CD's are a fairly cheap and convienient way to get an entire
distribution, plus generally a whole bunch of other goodies.

Regards,
-- 
Brendan O'Dea                                        bod@compusol.com.au
Compusol Pty. Limited                  (NSW, Australia)  +61 2 9809 0133