USB support in Linux

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Tip provided by Wesley Simon
>     Im a new Debian Linux user and i would like to know if the usb port is
> supported in the stable Debian 2.0 distribution. I want to use it to
> connect my mouse, keyboard, and modem on my other machine. If it is supported,
> could some please direct me to some documentation to read. Also  also what *.deb
> packages would be needed.
 
 A mirror of the USB project is at
 
 http://www.nv.org/linux/USB/snapshots.html
 
 
 I tried to help a friend compile a new kernel so that his USB mouse
 would work.
 We got it to compile without errors.  The mouse still doesn't work.  The
 guy working on USB does not write very good english.  This is not a
 criticism, but rather an explaination, of why the instructions were hard
 to follow.  Also, I believe he assumes the person reading the
 instructions has a good understanding of the linux kernel (which I don't
 claim to have). 

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