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Posted on 06/12/2006 5:41:51 AM PDT by N3WBI3
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Truth is, for personal use, I like Windows. Even when I have Linux, I like to run it in windows (XWindows?) mode.
IF it is a server, however, I love unix or linux.
I've got several workstations running everything from Win98SE through WinME to WinXP.
Yesterday, my primary desktop went from XP to Ubuntu, and I'm loving it! My laptop still has XP on it, and I'll likely be tethered to Microsoft forever because of my clientele and my skillset.
The article is exactly right, though. It took me about 10 minutes to install Ubuntu over the top of XP with no custom configuring.
Whoever wrote this clearly doesn't use wireless networking.
When you (as a first time computer user) get a new Windows computer, the first time you boot you get the following:
All this is true and pretty terrible, but it's the fault of the OEMs who make money from including all the trial versions of the various junk. A fresh install of XP from a Microsoft (not OEM vendor) CD includes none of that junk. And if Dell, HP, etc. ever started offering Linux on their home systems, it would have all the junk bundled with it too.
I recommend US products not foreign fakes. Since the MSM has fallen out of love with Linux I see you're resorting to blogs.
Welcome back.
What was the nationality of that companies founder?
Where is that company located?
BTW Welcome back, I hope days spent in the trolls corner taught you a little civility..
Issues with wireless networking are almost entirely dependent upon the wireless card you have. Some cards have native support, for which, I've actually found it easier dealing with wireless than it is with windows. If you have an unsupported card, NDISWrappers works great, though it can be a pain to deal with when upgrading kernels.
The reason there is so much trouble with wireless cards is complex, but most of the problem can be layed at the feet of the FCC, which has regulations in place that the networking companies claim will not let them open up their cards for use with Linux. Personally I think their reasoning is not quite on the level, but we just have learned to deal with it.
The other problem is wireless security. As far as I could tell none of the distros I tried supported WPA2, or even WPA. I may have tried disabling security with a couple distros, but I was never able to connect and I'm not willing to give up security anyway.
It's a shame, because I had gotten curious and really wanted to try Linux as an experiment. I figured as long as I could boot and get online, I could look up how to do everything else. But I finally had to give up on it after enough web searching convinced me that it wasn't just me - Linux appears to make wi-fi tough on everyone.
The distros I tried and failed to get online with were Knoppix 4.0.2, MEPIS 3.4.3, Ubuntu 5.10, SuSe 9.3, and SuSe 10.0. If you know of one that is up to speed with native wi-fi support, by all means let us know.
The page for the Intel 2200 drivers is at http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
You need the IPW2200 binary firmware image. The firmware can be obtained here. Download the appropos firmware, and copy the files to
/lib/firmware/
I'm not sure why the firmware can't be a part of the distribution, but you can probably thank someone in washington for that.
BTW, I've got the latest knoppix (v5.0) and kubuntu at home. I'll let you know if they work natively on my laptop.
How is Linux a "foreign fake"?
Please don't feed the resident troll. :-) He just got back from a forced FR vacation.
What do you run on your Windows servers? MS SQL Server?
Just curious why.
Just curious why.
One of them is a Windows Domain server (previously Windows NT 4.0). My network started out as strictly Windows. It also serves as an ASP platform, and FTP server (a holdover from my strictly Windows days).
The other is more of a File/Database server. It runs SQLServer and several MSAccess databases, as well as SourceSafe. It serves as the central repository for installs, sourcecode, work files, documents, photos, music, TiVo shared files, etc.
The first Linux server is strictly a firewall. The other handles HTTP, routing, DNS, etc.
...and of course, all of them fold!
I still prefer OS/X, but Ubuntu Linux is very, very good. Highly recommended to anyone who has an older PC or notebook they want to get more life out of.
As a fan of both operating systems, I was just starting to enjoy the comparisons again, sans the Microsoft boot-licking rhetoric.
Sigh. All good things must come to an end, I suppose.
Yea I know what you mean, I had someone ask me if I minded to lower volume after he left but all we were really missing was the noice in signal-to-noise..
Oh well if history is to be used as a guide he will take a forced leave from teh board at some point in the future (this is not even in the first half dozen times he has been banned over the past two years..
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