Greetings, and I'm sorry if this isn't the best list to post this, but I still can't get to gnewsense.org.
I did install gNewSense on my laptop and a spare PC this evening because I wanted to get a feel for the distribution, and I found that Evolution would not function properly unless I stopped Gnome's Network Manager. This is not really the point of this email, but related. I purchased a Think Penguin USB network adapter to help break out of the proprietary hardware bind, and used it well-enough in Mint Debian. As a side note- turning off the wifi using the keyboard button disabled both the internal wifi and the USB adapter, which was disappointing, but that's not important, either. What became problematic was when I installed gNewSense on the laptop, and had neither a recognized eth0 card (Intel, I guess), nor a working USB adapter. I want to say that the USB adapter requires a newer kernel than the one in gNewSense. I'm a pretty patient person, but as the night went on I lost most of it, and am a little concerned about trying to promote the software if I can't run it. No offense to anyone here, but if I'm a "tech dork" and have had this many issues, I'm afraid of what Joe Windows will face if he brings home the distribution DVD. I would appreciate any thoughts! George R. _______________________________________________ gNewSense-dev mailing list gNewSense-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
