The 03.10.08 at 18:16, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
*** Reply to message from "Carlos E. R."
on Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:47:14 +0200 (CEST)*** Mmm. I friend of mine just phoned me because he could not boot into linux - I'm his free support hotline, by the way ;-) <snippage> I hope to be sleep before he finishes ;-)
boy, been there.. got kid in Oklahoma , pissed at the latest round of
She is half a continent away and email is a much cheaper way to go than voice lines,
You should try things like gnomemeeting: voice over IP. A bit tricky with firewalls, but possible, and very cheap, compared to long distance. On the other hand, if she doesn't have a fixed IP (like me) then you need an intermediary server with fixed IP to meet.
oh yeah, for those who wonder, I sent her the 8.2 because I know it's solid and it will be around long enough for her to get used to it...
Good choice. Don't touch the 9.0 for a remote installation ;-)
Her modem and isp gives her a different ip each connect so
You can have her side send an email with the new IP each time: this can be done from inside /etc/ppp/ip-up.local. Then you need a way to confirm the machine... perhaps ssh. Some kind of keepalive ping would be nice... -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson