> Say what you want but when it comes to spending 6 to 8 hours in just getting a >network card > to work, I will always go with the OS that allows me to not only see the dang >netword card > but to set up TCP/IP, DNS, NetBUI, WINS, and DHCP, and do all of this in less than >an hour. > This time saving element allows me to have some time to _play_ in Linux. Just my >humble > observation........... One hour?? My observations differ.. you can do all that and more in less than a few minutes on Linux.. no need to play with TCP/IP, NetBUI, WINS etc. etc.. About the ethernet card, look at the h/w database b4 you buy somethign.. if you had any 3COM card, that wouldnt' have been a problem.. dont' blame linux for not providing drivers, blame the h/w vendors.. people around the world are trying their best to get all possible h/w to work in linux.. please learn to appreciate that first. Its not like NT/2000 for which the h/w vendors are dying to provide support.. no matter how crappy!! -sarang > > Craig > > turgut kalfaoglu wrote: > > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 01:38:08 -0500, Craig Woods wrote: > > >The Linksys takes a driver called tulip, and the trick is to get the right > > >version for your card. There several Linksys chips, and several versions of > > > > Interesting. I have Linksys PCMCIA ethernet card on my laptop (which has Mandrake >7.1) > > and have no problems. > > > > Btw, Thinkpad A20m's sound card does not always initialize under Mandrake 7.1.. > > With some reboots, I get [ OK ] when starting up, and other times, I get a [ >FAIL ] > > for the sound card init. Of course, when it fails, mixer and the sound card do not >work > > until reboot. > > > > -turgut > > > > ------------ > > EgeNet Internet Services: http://www.egenet.com.tr > > Find all of Turkey online: http://find.egenet.com.tr > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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