I agree totally with you, I have Linux on both my machine Q60 and Q40, the Q40 is linked to a small ethernet Lan and the Q60 is regulary used to enter Internet via 56k modem. I have now a fast ADSL line and I am triing to connect the Q40 to internet with pppoe through the router.
Now waiting Tcp/ip for smsqe. (any news ?) So ....Yippee also from me. Ciao Fabrizio --- Alex Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I met Derek and Dennis (D & D Systems) last weekend, > and they offered > me an updated Linux CD designed for use with the > Q60. I had already > installed the earlier (and now definitely obsolete) > Linux on my Q40, so > this was an exciting development. It is called > ShoeString Linux, and is > based as before on the Red Hat distribution. > > The new installation proceeded (at its own pace!) > with a few > boot-floppy adjustments from Derek. He reminded me > that I may have to > swap the mouse plug on the IO board to restore mouse > services - or > reconfigure Linux. We swapped them and there was a > new Linux with > updated kernel, etc. The SmSQ OS works as before, > but presumably the > modem will need to be moved to ser2. > > So far I have only had a quick play with the 'IceWM' > window manager, > which looks very attractive and usable, and I need > to do a LinuxConf > session to set up the mail etc. There is also some > documentation to > read - so far I have only had a quick peek with > Thierry's CD-eze in > SmSQ. > > I understand from D & D that this is the first > attempt to install this > very worth-while upgrade on a Q40, so we were > delighted it was so easy. > > Many thanks to Richard Zidlicky and Claus Graf for > their dedication and > M68k skills. > > Yippee from Alex Wells. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
