PPP and Mount

Help. I am a new Linux user, and fairly non-fluent with UNIX also. I am aspiring though. Anyway, I am going through pure agony trying to get my version of Linux running. I thought I would try to do a FTP install, but I can't get it to dial out. I don't even know where to start. Next, I tried

Re: Good buy or not?

I agree about the modem. The modem was below standard. That was it though. I have 16K cache, not to bad for 100. When I bought it, that was standard. Software stinks, but most machines it does, unless you buy top end, then you get the office suites. My video card is mid range cirrus. 1MB. N