[64studio-devel] Re: Hi Daniel,

[Daniel James]

Hi Mike,

> If I were to install 64studio would I be able to use a telephone to
> get on the net?

It's not something we've tested, but it should be possible. The 
practical problem I can foresee would be the 'chicken and egg' one of 
getting extra packages for dial-up (e.g. wvdial) on to a machine that 
doesn't have internet access.

Is there no Ethernet interface on the laptop? That might be a better 
bet. Failing that, you could get hold of a used PCMCIA Wi-Fi card with 
mature native Linux support, such as a Lucent Orinoco Gold.

> Would I
> be able to download and use kde from the repos?

KDE is not included in 64 Studio, but you can get the packages from Debian.

 > Also does your distro
> support ndiswrapper.

It can be made to work, but again you'd probably have to get some extra 
packages from Debian, and do quite a bit of fiddling. I'd be inclined to 
stick to the native drivers, myself.

Cheers!

Daniel