-*- text -*- This file describes Xdenu 2.0 distribution. Xdenu -- Use your pc as X terminal or full *n*x Xdenu is Linux package with X server running from dos filesystem. Any 386 or better system with at least 4MB of memory and supported network card can run local X server. Term and ppp (soon) modem support are available. Selecting files Select self-extracting dos-archive according to your hard disk. Linuzs.exe for SCSI-user and linuz.exe for others. Select Xserver according to your display hardware. File xkits3 for S3 cards, xkitm32 for Mach 32, xkitm8 for Mach 8 and SVGA for others. For sixteen color portables or for general vga there is VGA16 support available as xkitv16. Add tail .tgz for real file name. You can check if your display card is supported from ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO. ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/XFree86-HOWTO describes Xserver more completely. Extract linuz.exe on the root of your hard disk (i.e. C:\) and check \linux\etc\loadlin\linux.bat for parameters. Cd to \linux\etc\loadlin and run linux.bat. Now linux should be up and running. You also have to know your network configuration (ip-address, etc.), font server, xdm server, etc. Ask your local gurus for these. Running Login as root and run setup or upgrade. Follow instructions. Finally run X with commands startx and xin. To install S3 X server say something like "upgrade /DOS/xkits3.tgz" to the linux prompt. Same applies to other modules. Xdenu module is a upgrade tar-file containing for example S3 X server (xkits3.tgz) or serial line comminications promgram (termkit.tgz) Shutting down Kill your X by pressing ctrl-alt-backspace and reboot from text console with ctrl-alt-del. After machine resets you can shut it down. Extras Basic Xdenu contains also various networking utilities as telnet and ftp. Vi is also included for configuring by hand. Almost full documentation is in Xdenu2.doc. Authors Linux community. Gathered by Jorma Rinkinen and Jari Miettinen . Comments Send comments, error reports, etc to xdenu@cs.hut.fi. Have fun! Actually Xdenu is cardware ie. send a postcard if you use xdenu. Send cards to: Jorma Rinkinen Korkeavuorenkatu 7 A 8 00140 Helsinki FINLAND Thanks to Linux community for great OS!