Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit Location: Canada For gaming try the latest Ubuntu. The Software centre includes many games not available in other distros as Canonical is working closely with gaming companies like Electronic Arts and Humble Indie Bundle. Steam for Linux is supposedly on its way later this year.
Paul, The conversation re: Debian 6 is going nowhere. I have said two times, so this is the third, my ethernet card works with every distro but Debian 6 and I have tried literally hundreds of distros. It is an OTB Realtek. The problem is not the hardware. It is Debian. BTW, it worked with Debian 5 so they made it not work by removing the binary blobs. That is okay by me. But they did not provide a way to get them that was workable. That left me out in the cold as far as Debian 6 went. The fault lies with Debian, not me or my card (which is one of the most common cards on the market). My conclusion is that they are putting ideology ahead of people. That is why Debian has been relegated to a has been distro. I don't know how I could conclude otherwise. They do not care about users. They said as much when I contacted them. They told me to buy a new card. How is that helpful? I appreciate that people are zealous about freedom, but somewhere the rubber must reach the road. In order to be successful, you must start where people are and move them along gradually. The reality is that most people have non-free hardware. You cannot cut them off cold turkey and expect then to be happy about it. Roy On 14 June 2012 22:39, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > It is a bad strategy. I would rather switch to a distro that works than > > spend money uselessly. My hardware works with every other distro. They > have > > me pegged wrong. > > I am not a zealot. I am a computer user. > > Roy > > You don't get it. You don't have to spend any money. You've already done > that. You have to be aware. That you haven't tried yet. > > When it comes to freedom color me a zealot. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
