Issue 1             THE GUIDE FREE NEWSLETTER                   Saturday

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

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 + NEW FEATURED ARTICLES ON THE GUIDE



  -  Censorship and the Internet in India - January 18th, 1999

     http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/columns/censorship/



        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

     http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/columns/linux01/



        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



      The Guide is all about help.  So where can you find it?



      - Archive - a list of all past articles

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/archive/



      - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/static/faq/index.html



      - "The Guide Feedback" - Direct your Questions & Comments to

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/feedback/



      - 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

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/static/newsletter/





 + ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE



      - Changing Your Password

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/columns/chpass/pass.html



      - How many hours do you have left in your account? (When you go

        here, pay attention to the bolded text in the gray box)

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/columns/chpass/pass.html



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

        http://guide.vsnl.net.in/tcpip/columns/forgot_password/

        



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 + The Guide's Mission Statement



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        about the Internet, both in India and abroad.



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