Yes - I've done that and searched through the FAQ and all other documentation trying to find answers, but have come up empty-handed.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > Did you install the firmware according to the wiki? > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup#ipw2100_and_ipw2200 > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:29, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I so wish I could get Arch working on my laptop. I've tried the last 2 >> releases and whenever I connect to wifi - my wifi chipset is ipw2100 - >> whenever I try to put a large amount of info through it - like streaming a >> video, the connection always drops. BTW - my router is a Linksys WRT54G2 >> with dd-wrt firmware. I'm using WPA2 encryption and have tried both >> Network Manager and Wicd. I've tried asking on the Freenode #archlinux >> channel and all they can say is to physically connect my laptop to the >> router when I want to watch streaming media. That is just not an option >> for me. Do you possibly have any words of wisdom, Mr Bess... or anybody >> else for that matter??? >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I'm not one of them, but there seems to be a huge flock of people to >>> Linux Mint. I see tons of blog reviews and Google+ >>> postings<https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/linuxmint>about it. I personally >>> have moved from Mandriva to Arch Linux on my desktop >>> and ArchBang on my lappy. >>> >>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four.six >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 07:10, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I have tried openSuSE 12.1. There are pluses and minuses for an Ubuntu >>>> user. OpenSuSE has GNOME Shell 3.2 which is available for Ubuntu and >>>> KDE 4.7.3, same as Kubuntu. Those are neither pluses nor minuses, but >>>> show that your desktop environment should not dictate your move. >>>> Rather you need to choose based on community, support, available >>>> packages, package management, etc. >>>> >>>> OpenSuSE is one of the premier implementations of Btrfs. It is the >>>> default file system. KDE is the default desktop, but you can choose >>>> GNOME, XFCE or LXDE versions. Btrfs is more complicated to setup, but >>>> it has a nice feature to do snapshots and rollbacks. It has something >>>> called Snapper to enable this. OpenSusE also features something called >>>> Tumbleweed that in effect can change it to a rolling release. >>>> >>>> OpenSuSE 12.1 has some exciting features, but on the downside is that >>>> it is an unfamiliar package management system for Ubuntu users (rpm >>>> and Yast). It can be tricky to run for newbies. There is a bit of a >>>> learning curve that you should be prepared for. It can become unstable >>>> quickly if you do not know what you are doing, in my experience. >>>> Support is good, but not as good as Ubuntu. The community is much >>>> smaller. You also have smaller repositories and lose PPAs. >>>> >>>> As with all distros it comes down to choice and what you expect and >>>> want. >>>> >>>> Roy >>>> >>>> Using Kubuntu 11.10, 64-bit >>>> Location: Canada >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7 December 2011 21:59, Kari <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Actually I was thinking the same thing. I haven't looked outside of >>>> Ubuntu >>>> > in quite a while -- it is time to try something new. OpenSuSE would >>>> be fun >>>> > to try. >>>> > >>>> > And I think the group is just quiet. >>>> > >>>> > ~kari >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Ben Chavez <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Did the group got quiet or am I exclude from receiving mail from it? >>>> Has >>>> >> anyone tried the new OpenSuSE release yet? I think it is the 12.1 >>>> release. I >>>> >> have been thinking on get away from Ubuntu after 3 years using it so >>>> I am >>>> >> thinking on an rpm base distro just to learn something different. >>>> >> LinuxMint which is ranking up high I think is just second after >>>> Ubuntu it >>>> >> is actually a derivative from ubuntu so installing that it wont get >>>> me much >>>> >> far from ubuntu. >>>> >> Take care and happy hollidays! >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >>>> Users >>>> >> Group. >>>> >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> >> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> >> >>>> >> For more options, visit our group at >>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>> >> >>>> >> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules >>>> >> or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > >>>> > Kari Matthews >>>> > o: 630.457.1600 >>>> > c: 630.448.0865 >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux >>>> Users >>>> > Group. >>>> > To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> > To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> > For more options, visit our group at >>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>> > Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or >>>> > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>>> Group. >>>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit our group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>>> Please remember to abide by our list rules ( >>>> http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >>> Group. >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit our group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >>> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >>> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >>> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> <>< Scott Vargovich <>< >> ------------------------------------------ >> OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users >> Group. >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit our group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup >> References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri >> Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor >> http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- <>< Scott Vargovich <>< ------------------------------------------ OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E ------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. 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