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Why to Use Linux for AT&T Worldnet Service
You have seen AT&T's 11 Key Reasons to choose AT&T Worldnet Service. Now we present 10 reasons to use Linux for AT&T Worldnet Services
You will:
- Choose from a variety of WWW browsers are available such as Mosaic, Netscape, Chimera, and Arena.
- Read Usenet news with nn, tin, emacs, or read it off-line by using suck to download it.
- Use POP3 mail reader such as XF-Mail.
- Run the Network Time Protocol (xntpd) to synchronize your clock to the millisecond.
- Run traceroute to see how far you are from your favorite node. For example, from the AT&T Cambridge POP to MIT, takes 14 hops.
- Run X window applications on remote computers.
- Meet online with a friend, use talk to communicate and use ftp and nfs to exchange files.
- Play Network Games such as XPilot, Empire, and Doom.
- Mount anonymous NFS sites such as the Washington University in St. Louis Data Archive.
- IP Masquerading to link up several computers in your home with just one phone line.
Prepared by: Stephen A. Wood
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