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Volume 2	http://guide.vsnl.net.in/	January 30, 1999

+ NEW FEATURED ARTICLES ON THE GUIDE

• Censorship and the Internet in India - January 18th, 1999
  Some VSNL subscribers want certain sites to be blocked by VSNL. Do you agree? Should censorship be practiced on the Internet? Read this timely article and send us your feedback.

• Linux: A Viable Alternative to Windows 95/98/NT - Jan. 24th, 1999
  Tired of Windows crashing on you? Wish there was some other option you could choose instead of Windows? Well, other Operating Systems do exist, and one particular one on the rise is Linux. It's Fast, Stable, and best of all... FREE! Article contributed by: Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay, IIT (Bombay)

+ WHERE TO FIND HELP

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• Archive - a list of all past articles
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• "The Guide Feedback" - Direct your Questions & Comments to
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• Directly to the author of an article

+ SOFTWARE / LINKS

• Corel Word Perfect (FREE for Linux)
  http://linux.corel.com/

• Help crack encryption. Distributed.net - Wallpaper available
  http://www.distributed.net/

• FreeBSD
  FreeBSD is another Free, Stable, and Fast Operating System like Linux, but with a slightly different ideology. Like Linux, it will run on any Intel-based machine, too.
  http://www.freebsd.org/

• The Kirch Report - Unix vs. NT - Extremely detailed report!
  http://www.unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/

+ CHANGES ON THE GUIDE

• Newsletter Archive made available
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+ ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE

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• Lost your password? Here's how to get a new one
  

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