Wizard,
I tried the MX Linux from my USB last night. Although my 8.1 in the land of landline 56k dial up booted from the USB about 6 hours ago and I was able to accesss the MX desktop, folders and such, in accessing the network connections, the only options were for Ethernet, dsl and mobile phone broadband.
The Penguin GNU modem support site shows tutorials for driver installation for Ubuntu, Debian and Mint versions 13x to 18x but nothing for MX.
Sad part is even if the four of us living here in the cellular dead zone the surrounding hills maintain by blocking the towers had cellular access using it as desktop broadband or from a phone directly for internet access would cost us a fortune in data each month.
The cellphone coverage here is so spotty that those of us with cellphones dont even have SIms in them and only use them as no subscriber service required emergency services dispatch call only phones if lucky enough to have a vehicle beak down in a gap in the ridges or in the flatland area.
On the bright side although learning that the MX download suggested using Rufus which I found 8.1 will not run, I was able to use Yumi to boot sector the USB to live the MX and discover although a Ubuntu kernel , the dial up drivers would not work before resetting my boot order back to 8.1.
I now will have to decide if I should try downloading a live of Linux Lite or see if Mint 19 will work on 56k.
At least today I know I can boot into Linux and only have to find a way to access my cheap per month dial up ISP
I tried the MX Linux from my USB last night. Although my 8.1 in the land of landline 56k dial up booted from the USB about 6 hours ago and I was able to accesss the MX desktop, folders and such, in accessing the network connections, the only options were for Ethernet, dsl and mobile phone broadband.
The Penguin GNU modem support site shows tutorials for driver installation for Ubuntu, Debian and Mint versions 13x to 18x but nothing for MX.
Sad part is even if the four of us living here in the cellular dead zone the surrounding hills maintain by blocking the towers had cellular access using it as desktop broadband or from a phone directly for internet access would cost us a fortune in data each month.
The cellphone coverage here is so spotty that those of us with cellphones dont even have SIms in them and only use them as no subscriber service required emergency services dispatch call only phones if lucky enough to have a vehicle beak down in a gap in the ridges or in the flatland area.
On the bright side although learning that the MX download suggested using Rufus which I found 8.1 will not run, I was able to use Yumi to boot sector the USB to live the MX and discover although a Ubuntu kernel , the dial up drivers would not work before resetting my boot order back to 8.1.
I now will have to decide if I should try downloading a live of Linux Lite or see if Mint 19 will work on 56k.
At least today I know I can boot into Linux and only have to find a way to access my cheap per month dial up ISP