To be honest, posting here from the laptop under Linux was always more trouble than it was worth. Even though the posts were written from a console in lynx, with Emacs set as the external editor, still had to use Galeon to actually put stuff up. And this machine doesn't meet the minimum requirements by a long chalk. Used dillo for any actual browsing, but even that could drag heavily. . .
So, since the otherwise cool as all get out Debian won't even start XFree86, it was clearly time for Drastic Measures.
Since the install didn't trash the Win95 partition, grabbed PC-Pine and Lynx for DOS 386+ or Win32, along with Freemacs (a wee GNU Emacs clone), and am going to reboot into Windows and try to get them working.
Yes, I'm turning the Windows install into something Unix-like. No, this makes no sense whatsoever. Yes, I also got NotGNU Emacs Editor to compare with. No, I am not a geek.
Still thinking about going to see the only antidote that humanity will ever know. Not sure when they play.
That was almost too easy. . . Have to use IE for the actual posting -- this machine doesn't meet the minimum requirements for Mozilla or NS6+, either, and if you think I'm using 4.x, you're insane -- but other than that, it's all good.
And there is a copy of Eudora 3.06 here, so PC-PINE isn't really necessary unless I want that serious old-school feel. It'll go along with these email messages stretching back to 1997. Wow. I should answer some of those.
Update: Ah. Sylvia, as always, holds the answers to this odd behavior. And for anyone else planning such insanity, you can use your Linux/*nix bookmark and cookie files for lynx under Windows if you copy 'em over. Very handy for those of us who can't remember a zillion different passwords, and hate having to get them emailed. You will have to modify the lynx.cfg to accept persistent cookies, or at least un-remark that line. . . no, I'm not. Shut up.
stop thinking about it and buy your ticket now. i'm willing to bet the show will sell out.
checking their website now to see if they're coming to sea-town....................
Oh, I already missed 'em yesterday evening, doing a free show.
Because I suck.