moonlit

You're asking which is the best Linux distro but feel qualified to tell your friend what to use? Call me crazy, but that doesn't make any sense... Besides, Linux distros are very much a thing of opinion, you can't tell someone what to use, that'd be like me telling you that [your OS] is shit, you must use [my OS]... you wouldn't listen unless you agreed that my choice was indeed better for you so why would your friend?

If the sysadmin blocked it, d'you think he might've done it for a reason? Besides, Google's gonna start giving you more answers than here if you have to carry on asking these questions... other than google, there's enough discussion about getting around blocks littered throughout this forum and I'm sure all over the net.

If you get a router then all the distro needs to support is your NIC, which shouldn't be a problem for most distros (though I have an old NIC so it's more likely it would be supported)... I use and like ubuntu... I presonally like KDE as a window manager so I use kubuntu but there are many variations such as ubuntu, kubuntu, xubuntu, edubuntu, etc though they all essentially do the same thing.

Yeah, but you said you wanted a Linux distro that's going to allow you to easily install your modem, which as far as I know isn't possible... you might manage to install it, but not with a couple of clicks.

Easy + Linux + USB modems = Error, Invalid Parameters.

Sure the sysadmin didn't just block it?

All aboard the piracy train! *toot toot!* *locked*

WinAVI (and likely others) has the ability to shrink the image as it transcodes so you get the whole picture.

IRC is currently somewhere in hell, please use either of these to connect rather than irc.hak5.org: hak5.owine.net hak5.vertex-hosting.net

If I had to guess, I'd say it's gonna have something to do with that copper square...

You said it.

You could go the whole Net Send route, but that's very annoying.

This forum does not support piracy and downloading Windows XP in any form is piracy. Locked.

[phone line]--------------[router]-----------[linux machine's NIC] The only thing the Linux machine will worry about is the NIC, so providing you've got a network card with Linux drivers (mine are included in the ubuntu package) it'll have no problem.

Ways to get Linux online, easiest to hardest (from what I've experienced and heard): 1) Ethernet Card + CAT5 + router 2) Wireless, though it's helpful if you've got a native driver for your wifi kit (you can use Windows drivers but it's harder) 3) USB modems

Linux doesn't like USB modems. Go get a router.

Yeah, I think the overwhelming theme to this thread is -do your research, especially if it's going to cost you-.

Sure, sure. Ahem. *hands BabelFisher a large glass of something stiff*

It is a VM unfortunately, but with a little tweak here and a driver there I could do the same without a VM, my NIC is from the Windows 3.1 era. :)

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I like my Longhorn 4074 install. :D

8pm GMT I believe.

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Easy now fellahs...

Nah, in most BASICs that would scroll the same message down the screen until you Ctrl+Break it. :)