How many of you use Linux?

[walkerk]

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[berserkbishop]

I have been having numerous issues with my Windows XP and have decided to give linux a try. I have a copy of Unbuntu loaded up one one partition, but I cant get it to recognize much of my hardware. The biggest issue is it wont recognize my internal wireless card so I cant get on the internet while running Ubuntu to try to find a fix. Any advice?

[ardchoille]

I have been having numerous issues with my Windows XP and have decided to give linux a try. I have a copy of Unbuntu loaded up one one partition, but I cant get it to recognize much of my hardware. The biggest issue is it wont recognize my internal wireless card so I cant get on the internet while running Ubuntu to try to find a fix. Any advice?

Wireless on Ubuntu is still hit and miss, although it's getting much better lately. I would recommend that you join Ubuntu Forums, there are lots of great folks there who can give you advice. There are over a half million registered users there and I've seen folks there resolve issues that no one else has been able to resolve. The next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, is scheduled for release on the 24th of this month. I'm quite looking forward to it

[ardchoille]

Since Ardchoille hasn't been around, let me toss my two cents in.

It looks as if Automatix makes some modifications that are not 'standard' and those mods end up causing problems down the road with upgrades. If you get familiar with Synaptic or with the sudo apt-get install command, you can do pretty much anything Automatix will do. And then everything will be properly installed and should not present a problem with future upgrades.

Sorry for my absence. Automatix was created to ease the installation of many popular software applications, but it does so in a way that makes the system unstable. Each new Ubuntu release has been slowly pushing out the need for Automatix and the automatix team has recenly stated that they won't be releasing it anymore for Ubuntu - it just isn't needed anymore, Ubuntu handles this stuff on its own now.

[James MacMillan]

I have multiple machines and platforms in my house, PC, Apple, etc and have tried to keep an open mind on the different operating systems.... but lately I find that I am a converted (now maybe hardcore) linux user. I'm sorry that I don't use it in a wireless configuration, but with all my other problems, I always found help on line.

There are many many usergroups and some very dedicated people out there.

Start by typing LINUX in google and looking around....... much help is available.

I would highly suggest going ..here..

[ardchoille]

I would highly suggest going ..here..

Another excellent link, thanks

[Frank McGrath]

I've always been a Charley Brown fan, Myself.

[ardchoille]

I've always been a Charley Brown fan, Myself.

Took a minute to sink in, but I got it!

[Aldisimo]

Some of the professional tools I have to use are Windoze only, so I'm stuck there. l'd like to give one of the Linux flavors a try but I'm pretty lazy.

So what's everybody using these days?

[sathor]

right now, the cable (or the connector, not sure which) to the windows drive is flaking in and out, making windows unstable, and my lexmark printer unusable. The second drive, running freespire (yeah, i know they cut the update servers off over a year ago) is stable, and when the win drive cable behaves, I still can browse the win drive, and copy files off. I just ordered a new computer, really miffed at having to do it, it was my kilt money. That 299+shipping was the same as the 299+tshirt I had saved to spend on a new kilt from Rocky. (We have two laptops, a late 1st gen netbook, running linux, and a newer laptop running vista.)