Posted on 03/07/2006 7:08:01 AM PST by N3WBI3
Love the Strat on the right. The Telly on the left looks like mine, except for the Humbucker, and the Strat non-tremello bridge.
You've confused me a bit - are you referring to the humbucker on your Tele and the hardtail bridge on your Strat?
Just making sure I'm not going nuts.......
I can see one of my posts in your picture. It's referencing BBQ sauce. thanks for the screen cap.
You call that news? LMAO, IBM has been trying to convert to Linux since back in 2003. From one of your favorite sources (foreign of course):
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=13485
You, OTOH, responded by laughing and tried to refute my current article with one over two years old.
Are you trying to goad me into a flame war?
"That's my requirement."
OK. Well, I can see that I can't help you then. It is not one click to install a wireless driver in Linux, not that that's a problem for me. "One click" isn't even an unrealistic requirement, just one that kind of limits your possibilities from the get-go. IOW, if the OS doesn't do it all for you, you're not interested.
And, I will give you a piece of advice...if you're choosing a distro on the basis that it works most like Windows XP SP2, or that it does things for you and hides the "guts" of it all behind a GUI, then you might be happier to just stay with Windows XP SP2 on that laptop. You want to use your computer without learning anything new, which I understand. It is, after all, a tool.
But, if you should decide to TRY setting up wireless, and if your driver/device is supported by ndiswrapper, the install will take you a few minutes and about 3 or 4 command line steps, provided that ndiswrapper comes with your distro. It does with Mepis and Knoppix, and it seems to work great with both.
Should you ever change your mind, I'd gladly give you step by step directions. I was able to do it myself with no help, except a little Googling.
Nice "guitarsenal"...like the blond finish on the Tele, and I swear, I used to have a Sunburst that looked just like that.
Right now, I have an '89 Standard Strat in Lake Placid Blue, a '69 Thinline Collectible, and a 1979 Ibanez Artist.
My advice is, "Never sell a guitar." I don't think there's one that I've gotten rid of that I didn't regret later. Except my first, an '89 Kramer (haha!).
Yes, He is...
yeah, well, not today. :)
Blah de blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Here we go again. End of the grown-up talk everyone. Here comes the baby.
And please, please use the word "namecalling" in your first post to me, so we can get all the whining about it over with off the bat.
Maybe we should just all talk about guitars instead.
haha!
Yeah, I actually wondered if you would see it when I posted it...it was just a random page that happened to be up when I did the screenshot. Glad you liked it.
It's not that I can't do it, or that I need any help to do it. The point is using this two year old notebook with built-in wireless as my benchmark for plug-and-play wireless with Linux.
I should stay with XP on that notebook anyway since I use Windows-only apps on it. I don't want to have to set up the whole Visual Studio/Adobe Suite thing on my other box (which, with Linksys wireless, is pretty easy going with Linux).
Apologies for the confusion! No, both the bridge and humbucker went into the Tele. i sold my 77 Strat (a replacement for the 64 Strat that was stolen off me at the airport) a while back...yes i got ripped...
i had a DiMarzio Dual sound Humbucker put in with the non-tremello bridge from a Strat put in. The guy who did the work really screwed it up (the routing), and the pickup doesn't really fit correctly (too small). i will be having it re-routed for a Seymour Duncan Humbucker that fits properly, and a coil tap added.
ahh. I see.
If you are used to the old "RTFM" and "TRY GOOGLE, IDIOT!" kind of answers you used to get in linux groups, this one is a really pleasant surprise.
Also, ping me any time you have a question about Mepis. I'm not an expert, but you're exactly where I was three years ago, and it is overwhelming at the start, especially when you don't know where to ask your questions...
sigh......
Thanks, because more new "announcements" that IBM is (now, for sure this time, really, we mean it) converting to Linux desktops is quite hysterical, since the internal memo that was leaked said they hoped to be done by 2005. Obviously they didn't know just how difficult it would be, and they still won't give any schedule for when they will complete, which was the portion of my post you specifically responded to. All it said was quote "some will keep using Windows for a while", wonder how many more years it will be to their next announcement they are converting to Linux, LOL.
Too bad that's not what we're talking about.
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