[ltp] Questions about moving from Win2k to SUSE 7.3 Pro (Long)

[Mark Beierl]

Hiya Shane!

I'm running RH 7.1 on my A20m (384 m with 12gb hd) and I have sound, 
modem, Proxim wireless network, X display at 1600x1200, and 
suspend/hibernation all working beautifully.  I'm also using VMWare 3.0 
for Windows NT and 98 (and with 384m I can run up 4 copies of WinNT at 
64 virtual each and have a good network sandbox for testing).

Sorry I can't help on the specifics of Suse, but the underlying hardware 
can be driven using various packages for linux.

I'm using ESD for sound (not ALSA), and the sound modiule I'm using from 
the kernel is: cs46xx

Hope this helps!  Linux on the thinkpad is definately the way to go...

Regards,
Mark Beierl
Texar Corp.
www.texar.com

Shane Broomhall wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>My name is Shane Broomhall from Brisbane Australia.  I have migrated
>once from Widows to Linux but had to change back due to work
>requirements.  I am now looking at moving back with in a month, but I
>have a few concerns I hope this list can address.
>
>My computer is an IBM thinkpad A20m.  I have replaced the hard disk with
>one of 30M and it has 512M of ram, so I am expecting it to really
>scream.  It has an internal DVD, and a Win Modem.  I have an Iomega USB
>Zip CDR.
>
>My last usage of Suse was on this laptop with 7.0.  I have purchased 7.3
>pro.  My questions are as follows.:
>
>
>
>the 2.4 Kernal has support for USB devices, would anyone know if my USB
>CDR would be detected and it it would be useable as a CDR. ??
>
>
>
>Does the USB Zip Drive work as well ???
>
>
>
>I have heard that Winmodems are now useable, has anyone had experiences
>with making these work with 7.3 and could you please give me hint on
>where to find the instructions. ???
>
>
>
>Currently I am using Norton Internet secutiry as my anti virus and
>firewall, I am at times detecting port scans every few minutes.  Are
>there any available instructions on really securing Suse Linux or linux
>generally to prevent or at least slow down hackers and scanners ??
>
>Are there any tools to give them a slap on the wrist if they try ?????
>
>
>I will still need to run some windows applications but I am hoping to
>use an emulator, probably Vmware, how difficult is this to setup ??  The
>main program is an accounting program called MYOB.
>
>
>
>Thanks in advance for your help, and replies
>
>Shane
>



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