On 2008-01-24, Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:01:51 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
>
>
>> Haha! That's a rich remark indeed. He couldn't download something
>> because he wasn't connected to the net...
>
> Unfortunately it's pretty common with Linux.
> Not being connected to the net that is.
My Linux boxes have been connected to the net since 94.
Back then, being connected to the net with a Linux box
actually was a trick... since this was before broadband.
> Oh, not because Linux can't connect to the net, but because the user has no
> clue how to do it.
Funny guy.
It works the EXACT same way as it would for Windows.
Although that begs the question: how does one end up
disconnected from the net when using a product who's
primary means of distribution is direct downloads.
Ubuntu doesn't even have the shrinkwrap boxes like
Redhat did in the early days.
>
> NDISwrppers and all that kind of stuff?
...as if a n00b has any hope of successfully
dealing with wifi technology of any kind.
> How do you get the wrapper if you can't connect in the first place?
>
> Like I said, not being able to connect to the net is very common with Linux
> installs.
Utter felgercarb.
The kind of user you're talking about would more often
than not be connected to their neighbor's WAPs rather
than their own.
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