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  • Anybody ever get Winmodems to work or did they all give up on it?

    Back in the day, it was hard enough getting dialup internet working on Linux (especially before you had internet in your pocket, so you had to print out HowTos or write down a bunch of notes before you tried to do it).

    But it was downright impossible with a class of modems that was designed essentially as a softmodem, heavily reliant on closed-source firmware and drivers, making them practically impossible to work on Linux.















  • I saw earlier you mentioned it’s an Optiplex, so I’m assuming this is an onboard NIC.

    I’ve never had an onboard NIC not work out-of-the-box in Linux. Wifi, sure, but usually just certain chipsets with proprietary/closed firmware. Dell usually uses Intel NICs and they’re usually pretty solid and well supported.

    Check to make sure that the NIC is enabled in BIOS.

    If you have/had Windows on this PC, did it work there?

    Does the NIC show in lspci or ip a ?

    Try an external USB NIC. Or an internal PCIe one if you’re comfortable with that.





  • JasonDJ@lemmy.ziptoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
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    “Rich” is just “selfish” with luck added to it.

    To clarify…my concept of “rich” is somebody who has a lot of money, and the majority of it isn’t from a cash salary. Except for the CEOs with 7-digit (or more) cash salaries, not even trying to hide it by a modest salary and a bunch of stock and non-cash perks. Fuck those guys too.