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Re: Just thought I'd mention...

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:39:55 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> ____/ Kier on Monday 31 December 2007 12:38 : \____
> 
>> That Ubuntu is great.
>> 
>> I have this laptop, which is working under openSUSE except for one thing -
>> wifi - (it has a Broadcom card, one of those awkward ones). At least,
>> until a few days ago. I decided to try a little experiment, and booted up
>> with ther latest Ubuntu Live CD. I dropped the firmware for my wifi card
>> into /lib/firmware, then set it up in the normal way.
>> 
>> Lo! and behold, it worked! Just like that.
>> 
>> Now, I really like openSUSe, and I had everything set up just nicely apart
>> from that card, but... the temptation of working wifi without a lot of
>> hassle was too much. So I installed Ubuntu.
>> 
>> Now I have working wifi, compiz-fusion effects and everything else I need,
>> *and* my favourite, traditional kind of GNOME, without any trouble
>> whatever.
>> 
>> So, a round of applause to Ubuntu. Long may it continue.
> 
> If you post this in Digg, the mob will burn an effigy of yours. ;-)

Why? I haven't been over to Digg for a while, what do they have against
Ubuntu?

-- 
Kier


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