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Hi guys,

I'd like to offer a little hint, esp. to new users that don't have a BeOS history.
You can add any application, folder, query, link or document as a replicant into the Deskbar tray by entering in Terminal:

desklink {application, folder, query, link or document}

A click on the new icon opens the object. But that's not all! You can create a context menu for it to offer other options. For example:

cd /boot/system/apps
desklink "cmd=Active window (2s):Screenshot --window --border --delay 2" "cmd=Remove replicant:desklink --remove=Screenshot" Screenshot

This adds one menu item "Active window (2s)" that calls the Screenshot app with the commandline parameters to take a screenshot of the active window, including its border, after giving you 2 seconds to quickly activate your target window.
The second command adds a menu with the commandline to remove the replicant itself again.
Cool or what!?

Hi everyone.

I've installed R1/alpha 1 and it works (at least in VGA mode).
Now I would like to access the web. My ADSL provider however requires authentication (i.e. username, password) .
On Linux I set up access and authentication straightforwardly using pppoeconf.
Running ifconfig on Haiku everything looks fine, green light, I get a quick response when I ping my IP-address, but i don't know how to configure authentication.
Any suggestion is warmly welcome.

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I tried Haiku Alpha1 (and some nightly builds as well) on a Sony UX490N, which used to be a Sony premium model (Core Solo cpu).

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I works surprisingly well (boots and responds ok, wired lan works), but I have a problem.

It has a stick for navigating instead of the mouse (like on those ThinkPad laptops, the little red stick in the middle of the keyboard). It is also used to mouse left click, but it is so sensitive, that makes the entire thing unusable.

Is there a way to disable the click function and retaining the mouse movements?

Thanks!