Hey Cyrus, On 12/07/2008, at 7:40 AM, Thommy M. wrote:
> Cyrus wrote: >> a) i have solaris 10 (not opensolaris) currently installed on my >> laptop, and i just >> heard about opensolaris so im downloading it as we speak. is it worth > installing >> opensolaris and wiping the original installation? > > It depends on what you will do. For testing out and development > OpenSolaris 2008.05 is a good choice. For stable production (on a > laptop???) Solaris 10 is better. > I recommend yoy to choose OpenSolaris 2008.05 I agree - OpenSolaris 2008.05 will give you some of the latest drivers that are available, and more likely to work on your laptop. >> b) the laptop i have, im having difficulty connecting to the >> internet. >> i know that wireless works as other laptops in the house (with >> windows) are connected. >> i use a wrt54gl router, and my laptop is an asus m6ne. id like to >> know > if/how EXACTLY >> i can connect to the internet. im not new to windows, but im very >> very >> new to linux. > > Linux? What has Linux to do with this? However OpenSolaris 2008.05 > will > automagically connect you via DHCP just like you are used to from > Windows. I think it will depend on whether the wireless card in your laptop is compatible with OpenSolaris ie. that an existing software driver makes it work. Google seems to indicate that earlier models are Intel 2200BG which are supported using the 'iwi' driver. Does your laptop have this model of wireless card? Glynn _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
