On 2007-05-23, B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2007 17:31 John Locke wrote:
>
>>>New PCLinuxOS 2007 looks great, works well
>>>
>> Just tried the Live CD and I agree.
>>
>> This is a serious OS and has the potential of making a real impact in
>> the desktop market. I wonder if Balmer's seen this one !
>
> Ignore these people.
>
> It's an absolute b****y bummer! You will learn nothing by using this
> distro.
>
> My wife's new Lenovo arrived yesterday - yes, with XP Pro. - Dell have
> dragged their feet and lost a sale.
> As you linux cretins know full-well, Linux is absolutely useless with the
> wireless networking.
> However, XP Pro picked it up.
>
> After she'd done playing, I re-booted it with the new PCLinuxOS LiveCD.
> ... refused the "wrapper" bit or whatever it's called - just boot the damned
> thing "as is" from the LiveCD and see if it picks up the H/W.
>
> Ah well.... guess I'll not be learning a lot about Linux wireless problems
> in the near future.... straight on to the Internet......
It couldn't configure mine, but it found it. It said it needed another
package.
That's OK. Until recently the only one that could ever configure it out
of the box was openSUSE. And the others that could recognize it
couldn't figure out what driver to use.
Lately, though, most don't get it out of the box, but a package or two
will get most of them to set it up. I don't mind using ether at install
time anyway, since I'm usually setting the laptop up with a cable
connected that isn't used for anything other than intial laptop
configuration.
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