[Discuss] My first laptop...bummer

[David Lee]

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From: "Michael" <michael at leamyarts.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Discuss] My first laptop...bummer


>
> On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 20:54 -0800, David Lee wrote:
>
>> Hi John
>>
>> I've tried NM and I found the windows .inf files online. Ubuntu 
>> recognizes
>> it, lspci finds it, but iwconfig says no wireless.
>> The annoying part of all this, is the fact that wherever I go, Ubuntu 
>> forums
>> or wherever, everybody seems to have problems. Some of these people look
>> like pretty bright people, so what chance do regular new users have? Are
>> there any that work with no problems? Is it because laptops change that 
>> fast
>> that hardware can't keep up?
>> I tried looking at cards, but then I find most new laptops use 
>> ExpressCards
>> (not CardBus). They're not cheap (appx 100.00)
>> If anyone knows of any cheaper ExpressCards to work with Ubuntu and a 
>> D-Link
>> wireless router, please let me know :)
>> Other than that, Ubuntu picked everything else up, so I'm happy with 
>> that.
>>
>> David
>
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
>    I have been trying for as long as Ubuntu has been around to get it
> onto a system and working. I am no Linux guru, far from it, but I can
> read and I can Google. To date I have not succeeded in getting a system
> up and running, at least not a stable system, and because of those
> negative experiences I no longer plan on trying to do so in the future.
> I started my Linux Journey using Mandrake ... now Mandriva ... and in
> spite of a few rocky roads I am happy with it.
>
>    I know this whole post is somewhat off topic, but like yourself I
> saw Ubuntu forums full of people unable to do almost everything
> imagineable, and while at the time I thought perhaps it was a sign of a
> healthy community, more and more I am seeing it as a minor version of
> the Apple effect.
>
>    Good luck with the system, sorry to sound so negative.
>
>    Michael.
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Howdy Michael

My distro of choice has always been PCLinuxOS. I've never had any problem 
with any hardware.Everything works. Never a problem. Till now. Actually I 
seem to be closer setting wireless up in PCLinuxOS. The new MiniMe has just 
been released and everything works. Sound, video etc, except, you guessed 
it, wireless. However, some have got the AR5007EG working so I can try 2 
distros :) I wish more eople would try it. Great community!!

David