From kde-devel Mon Sep 15 20:03:12 2003 From: Andy Fawcett Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:03:12 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: kppp in kdebase X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=106365634015218 On Monday 15 September 2003 22:54, George Staikos wrote: > On Monday 15 September 2003 15:51, Andy Fawcett wrote: > > On Monday 15 September 2003 22:42, George Staikos wrote: > > > On Monday 15 September 2003 15:28, Harri Porten wrote: > > > > On 11 Sep 2003, Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) wrote: > > > > > are there reasons NOT to move it? > > > > > > > > FWIW, have to agree with the others saying that a) kdebase is > > > > bloated enough already (should be stripped) and b) a dial-up > > > > connection is not common enough. > > > > > > > > Now that I finally have an Internet connection again I might > > > > spend some time on making kppp a bit more "generic" :) > > > > > > Could this involve a DSL dialup manager by any chance? :-) > > > > Dialup? DSL? What a strange concept... > > > > Yeah, I know... I'm just lucky to not have to dialup on my DSL :) > > The DSL providers around here provide a utility that works just > like a PPP dialup connection manager. I think Linux really needs one > of these as it makes DSL setup far more accessible for the average > user. Setting up PPPOE is not that easy. Even though many distros > do the "setup", it's much nicer to provide something similar to what > the DSL provider ships their Windows clients. When I said I was lucky, I meant really lucky. DSL router, ethernet based, plug one RJ45 in to the back of the PC. Plug phone cable into wall. Switch on. Authenticate via the (pre-programmed) address. Use like a normal ethernet router. No dialup, no pppoe software, just a standard NIC in my PC. However, I know the sort of utility you mean (an alternative DSL supplier here provides one for Win32), and I agree it would be very useful to the majority of DSL users. A. -- Andy Fawcett | andy@athame.co.uk | tap@kde.org "In an open world without walls and fences, | tap@lspace.org we wouldn't need Windows and Gates." -- anon | tap@fruitsalad.org >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<