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Before You Begin

Connecting to the Internet is one if those things you setup once, then forget about. Still, you do need to get some information from your ISP up front. The basics are as follows:

  • Your user name and password

  • The phone number your modem will be dialing to connect

  • The IP address of the DNS (name servers - described above)

  • The IP address of your SMTP and POP3 email hosts

  • The IP address of your news server (optional)

All of this information likely came with your contract when you first signed up with your ISP. Armed with this information, you are ready to begin.



    		Acknowledgments
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Ready . . . Set . . . Linux!
    		Chapter 3. The Installation
    		Chapter 4. Getting Your Hands Dirty
    		Chapter 5. Konquering Your World
    		Chapter 6. Customizing Your Desktop (or Making Your World Your Own)
    		Chapter 7. Installing New Packages
    		Chapter 8. Working with Devices
    		Chapter 9. Connecting to the Internet
    		Before You Begin
    		Getting on the Net
    		Connecting to the Net with a Modem
    		Okay, I'm Connected. Now What?
    		What about My Windows Friends?
    		Resources
    		Chapter 10. Electronic Mail
    		Chapter 11. Surfing the Net (Just Browsing?)
    		Chapter 12. Keeping Up to Date
    		Chapter 13. Word Processors (It Was a Dark and Stormy Night?)
    		Chapter 14. Spreadsheets (Tables You Can Count on)
    		Chapter 15. Presentation Graphics (For Those Who Need No Introduction)
    		Chapter 16. Graphics and Art (Just Call Me Leonardo)
    		Chapter 17. Multimedia (If Music Be the Food of Love . . . )
    		Chapter 18. Fun and Games (Very Serious Fun)
    		Appendix A. The GNU General Public License
    		Appendix B. Take Command of Linux
    		About the CD-ROM