[wellylug] (no subject)

[MDM Productions]

Thanks Dean. BTW, it's a tower(ing) desktop and yep, got a serial port. 
Anything special I should be looking for in an external, and what's the best 
way to install; retrofit with guidance or reinstall The Gibbon and let it 
get detected on the way in since the install is so drama-free?

John.

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From: <dean at brokendream.net>
To: "Wellington Linux Users Group" <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [wellylug] (no subject)


> Hi John,
>
> My recommendation would be an external serial modem if the laptop has a
> serial port. They will nearly all work on any Linux distro and usually
> are very easy to setup. USB external modems are not in the same category.
>
> Dean
>
>
>
> MDM Productions wrote:
>> 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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>
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