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Having had a bit more time to think, and wade through quite a bit of Googling on Intel 536 chipsets as fitted to DSE XH1154 modems that was way above my level of competence, I have arrived at the following:

Since it appears unlikely that a DSE modem is supported in 2.6. kernels, can anyone recommend a modem that will work under Xubuntu Gutsy? Or...

Is there a concensus about a Windows(ugh!)-similar or at least not too hostile distro that modems install readily upon? The DSE goes to 2.4.18 kernels. And the command line is not yet my friend.

My toe-dip with Puppy 3.01 that started the idea of a real live Linux box seemed to do most of what I needed, bearing in mind that it was a parasite on my XP machine via the USB, but it just worked. Just worked is needed for a first Linux desktop as well.

Thanks people,
John.
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