[wellylug] (no subject)

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Morning all. A really low-level of computer experience showing here: 
Have been given a HP NX9005 Lappy and installed both PuppyLinux and 
XUbuntu on it. Puppy 2.17 because it is quite happy and fast on a Dell 
desktop and can see the DSE modem in the Dell, and XUbuntu because it's 
the obvious XP substitute. However neither can see the laptop modem with 
my initial floundering around in detection and setup. My question is, 
with the chance of the software modem working, ever, being remote, does 
broadband change this situation? We are about to sign up, but how does 
the machinery see the server? Is broadband received via a serial device 
to make Linux boxes happy, or are they a generic problem yet to be 
solved. I which case I'm sort of doomed to keeping XP around.
Thanks,
John.