Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread JD Austin 
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  wrote:

> Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since Windows7
> came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded up-whatever  they did,
> my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless card) keeps
> on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best out of the
> box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
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My Eee has an Atheros wireless card; works well with Fedora, Mandriva,
Ubuntu.
Try the live-cd versions to figure out which works for you.

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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread Stephen 
I have liked the Ubuntu for laptops/desktops. Id suggest trying 9.10
as it has a number of new features and very current hardware.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  wrote:
> Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since Windows7
> came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded up-whatever  they did,
> my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless card) keeps
> on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best out of the
> box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
>
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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread mike havens 
I don't need current hardware... this computer is circa. 93 (about) . This
is why linux rules to run an up-to date distro you don't need current
hardware. It is not like M$ where xp hardware won't run on vista os; and xp
won't run on earlier hardware; etc. I think M$ in in cahoots with hardware
manufacturers!

On 12/1/09, Stephen  wrote:
>
> I have liked the Ubuntu for laptops/desktops. Id suggest trying 9.10
> as it has a number of new features and very current hardware.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  wrote:
>
> > Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since Windows7
> > came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded up-whatever  they
> did,
> > my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless card)
> keeps
> > on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best out of the
> > box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
> >
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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread tshipley 
Has anyone noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of viable 
desktop/laptop/netbook distros?  (And Chrome to rule them all.)
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-Original Message-
From: Stephen 
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:06:02 
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Subject: Re: linux distro

I have liked the Ubuntu for laptops/desktops. Id suggest trying 9.10
as it has a number of new features and very current hardware.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  wrote:
> Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since Windows7
> came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded up-whatever  they did,
> my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless card) keeps
> on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best out of the
> box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
>
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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread mike havens 
How do you mean?

On 12/1/09, tship...@deru.com  wrote:
>
> Has anyone noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of viable
> desktop/laptop/netbook distros?  (And Chrome to rule them all.)
> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
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>
> -Original Message-
> From: Stephen 
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:06:02
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: linux distro
>
> I have liked the Ubuntu for laptops/desktops. Id suggest trying 9.10
> as it has a number of new features and very current hardware.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  wrote:
> > Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since Windows7
> > came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded up-whatever  they
> did,
> > my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless card)
> keeps
> > on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best out of the
> > box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
> >
> > --
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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread GK 
My bcm4311 and athk5 work fine in ArchLinux

Funny thing is I was trying out distros to put on my eee900 and
downloaded PuppyLinux 4.3.1. It worked great, but I didn't like the
interface compared to Easy Peasey. Screen real estate is at a premium
for sure on a netbook. The Atheros worked on the eee AND my bcm 4311
worked on the LIVE CD! That was a first for me. Of course Puppy comes
from AU.

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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread Lisa Kachold 
For you?

Ubuntu 9.10

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  wrote:

> Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since Windows7
> came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded up-whatever  they did,
> my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless card) keeps
> on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best out of the
> box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
>
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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread Trent Shipley 
Well, it seems like the list has come down to two major desktop distros,
Ubuntu and Fedora and as far as I know neither is commercial.  There was
a time when Mandrake, Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, and others were all looking
at the desktop as a potential market.  The survivors seem to have headed
for big servers or special cases.  Meanwhile, a lot of activity has
opened up in sub-desktop consumer Linux, most notably with Google's
Android and Chrome.



mike havens wrote:

> How do you mean?
>
> On 12/1/09, *tship...@deru.com <mailto:tship...@deru.com>*
> mailto:tship...@deru.com>> wrote:
>
> Has anyone noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of viable
> desktop/laptop/netbook distros?  (And Chrome to rule them all.)
> Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Stephen mailto:cryptwo...@gmail.com>>
> Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:06:02
> To: Main PLUG discussion
> list     <mailto:plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>>
> Subject: Re: linux distro
>
> I have liked the Ubuntu for laptops/desktops. Id suggest trying 9.10
> as it has a number of new features and very current hardware.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:48 AM, mike havens  <mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since
> Windows7
> > came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded
> up-whatever  they did,
> > my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros AR5005GS wireless
> card) keeps
> > on needing its registry to be cleaned. Which distro works best
> out of the
> > box with automatic detection and that kind of stuff?
> >
> > --
> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread Andrew Farris 
On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 10:48 -0800, mike havens wrote:
> Okay guys. I'm ready to plunge into Linux again. Ever since
> Windows7 came out and certain companiesupdated... upgraded
> up-whatever  they did, my laptop (Toshiba Satellite with an Atheros
> AR5005GS wireless card) keeps on needing its registry to be cleaned.
> Which distro works best out of the box with automatic detection and
> that kind of stuff?

I'd recommend Ubuntu 9.10, or Linux Mint 8 (based on Ubuntu).

I've got Ubuntu on all my computers currently, and it works great. I
haven't used Mint much, but I'm considering switching to it on my laptop
at least.

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Re: linux distro

2009-12-01 Thread Craig White 
On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 15:27 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote:
> Well, it seems like the list has come down to two major desktop distros,
> Ubuntu and Fedora and as far as I know neither is commercial.  There was
> a time when Mandrake, Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, and others were all looking
> at the desktop as a potential market.  The survivors seem to have headed
> for big servers or special cases.  Meanwhile, a lot of activity has
> opened up in sub-desktop consumer Linux, most notably with Google's
> Android and Chrome.

I think that Android and Chrome serve different purposes than the main
stream Linux distributions - they are intended for lighterweight
hardware, smaller cpu, smaller screens etc. and thus far, telephone and
similar devices and netbooks have been their target.

There clearly is a need for both lightweight desktops and full featured
desktops.

Any distribution looking to sell a Desktop OS is going to have to ramp
put the technical support for it because people will have questions and
expect answers. 

I gather that some of the early release images of Chrome have been
dominating the torrents lately.

I would like to point out that I just got a Moto Droid the other day and
it is an extremely complicated device and I'm still discovering things
about it. 

I thought at first it was curious that before the dude at the VZ store
would hand me the telphone, he downloaded and installed 'Advanced Task
Killer (Free)' and wanted to show me how to use it. I didn't need the
demo, I understood what it was for but apparently at some level, VZ made
a decision to teach people how to use these things because they are also
holding classes on Android (one of my friends bought one and was very
grateful for the class he went to).

But I will point out things I didn't realize until after I got the
Droid...
- Evolution calendars sync rather well with Gmail calendars 
- Evolution contacts can mount Gmail contacts and contacts can be moved
or copied back and forth (beware that certain punctuation like $/\& can
cause problems) Not all fields work...but enough work
- Evolution task lists however - fahgettabouddit

It occurred to me that in this case, I was lucky because Linux desktop
essentially already integrated support for Gmail while on Apple or
Microsoft (especially Outlook), there are extra hoops. I also found when
doing my google search thing for this, that the KDE PIM stuff can sync
with Google but I don't use the KDE PIM stuff very much.

Craig


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