Jon Jermey writes:
G'day Jon. It would be *really* nice if you could follow the same quoting
style as the rest of the thread; it makes it much easier to foll.w
>> *nod* The real problem is not that Linux is hard to install: Windows is
>> just as damn hard, and just as painful, for non-technical
To me the issue goes somewhat deeper: from my limited perspective as a
hardware novice, I just can't see why different drivers are even
necessary. As far as I can tell one wi-fi card does exactly the same
things as any other wi-fi card: is is too much to ask that the hardware
should be construc
- Original Message -
> From: "Martin Visser"
> Jon's experience probably really demonstrates why Linux isn't going to
> go
> mainstream anytime soon. While I would say 90% of people are going to
> have
> hardware that just works with the most current release of most
> distros, it
> is the
Ken Foskey writes:
> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 06:08 +1000, Martin Visser wrote:
>> Jon's experience probably really demonstrates why Linux isn't going to go
>> mainstream anytime soon. While I would say 90% of people are going to have
>> hardware that just works with the most current release of most
Ken Foskey wrote:
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 06:08 +1000, Martin Visser wrote:
To the community.
Jon's experience probably really demonstrates why Linux isn't going to go
mainstream anytime soon. While I would say 90% of people are going to have
hardware that just works with the most current release
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 06:08 +1000, Martin Visser wrote:
> To the community.
>
> Jon's experience probably really demonstrates why Linux isn't going to go
> mainstream anytime soon. While I would say 90% of people are going to have
> hardware that just works with the most current release of most di
To the community.
Jon's experience probably really demonstrates why Linux isn't going to go
mainstream anytime soon. While I would say 90% of people are going to have
hardware that just works with the most current release of most distros, it
is the 10% that have issues that really stings.
Surely
Puppeee did the trick! The eee 1005p is now talking to the world in
Linux via wireless. Thanks, Kenneth!
Jon.
On 09/08/10 11:51, Kenneth Caldwell wrote:
You might also investigate Puppeee-1.0 released on August 7th.
http://puppylinux.org/news/releases/puppeee-10-for-the-eee-is-released/
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Thanks for all the suggestions on this. So far I have tried the backport
method in Ubuntu 10.04 and 9.10 without success, and ndiswrapper
likewise. I've also been able to get Mint 9 and Moblin 2 running, but
with no wireless. Other distros have failed to boot. I am now holding
out for the new U
