"David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have received a hand-me-down laptop - a Thinkpad 365XD with TFT display. > I've got potato on it, but 3.3.6 doesn't work for my display (unless you > count VGA16 yuck!). However, I just found a web site that says that 4.02 > works well on the exact model I have. > > Here's my problem. I've only ever used the debian CDs and stable before. > I've read how to get unstable stuff, but that only works well if you have a > reasonable pipe to the net. This thing has a slow modem 28.8 and I don't > have it working under Linux yet anyway. > > What's going to be the easiest way to get xfree 4.02 onto this laptop? Be > as explicit as you are able, please. I'm still learning. >
If you can bring your laptop near a well connected linux computer, you can set up a link over the parrallel interface with plip. You'll get 40kB/s transfer rate. HTH -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
