[clue-talk] Prqctical distribution

[Walter Hildebrandt]

skipworthy wrote:

> Walter Hildebrandt wrote:
>
>> Suse 9.2 is installed on my computer. I have been unable to get help 
>> to setup my Internet connection. This is the first thing I tried to 
>> do with the computer. Not being able to get help for the Internet 
>> setup makes Suse impractical for me. Is there any distribution of 
>> Linux that is practical for a new users?
>
>
> Suse is about as practical and easy as they come, frankly. 9.2 
> coorectly detected and configured the ethernet port on all the 
> machines I put it on, as well as the pcmcia gadgets I wanted to work 
> with my laptop, *and* an mmc adapter. I didn't try the modem setup, 
> but YAST looks to me like the place to start for sure, not to mention 
> the COPIOUS documentation Suse provides.
>
> just me two cents
>
> G
>
I did the following and aborted at the end. Were the choices I made the 
correct ones? If what was done is correct, do I choose Yes or No?


    Connect to Netbeam

Chameleon > System > YaST (The “Run as root – KDE su” window appears) > 
root1 (The YaST Control Center @ linux” window appears) > Network 
services > Mail transfer agent (The computer quickly did some sort of 
setup and then the “General Setup” window appeared) > Connection type = 
Permanent > outgoing mail server = SMTP.netbeam.net (The “Incomeing 
Mail” window appears) > Server = mail.netbeam.net >Protocal = POP3 > 
Remote users name = hildy > Password = (actual password) > Local user = 
Walter > Clicked Details button, got message “to be able to deliver mail 
to your local MTA the value of POSTFIX_LOCALDOMAINS in 
/etc/sysconfig/postfix will be set to 
“\myhostname.localhost\$mydomain\$mydomain” Asked to choose Yes or No > 
Abort





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