hav you tried Mepis 6.0? It's based on dapper. and the last time I checked Mepis 4.3 had the drivers for winmodems. I'll get back to you regarding mepis 6.0 though. Anyone ever used Mepis before?
On 9/4/06, Andre John Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
well yes, winmodems are still problematic territory for Linux. may generic notebook with Ubuntu 6.06 has the same problem. but my notebook's built in wifi works OK without any driver compilation; I just had to enable it using the provided networking applet On 9/4/06, Froilan Romualdo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried Ubuntu 6.06 LTS but it couldnot detect or install the modem on > my laptop. I wish I can use it because what I like about Ubuntu it can > easily update the programs and adding softwares applications is very > easy. More power to Linux and open source softwares. Happy Free > Software Day (FSD).:D > > On 8/29/06, thad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it may not be attractive for the hip crowd but for most businesses they > > prepare IBM because of extensive support not only business but in non-window > > os as well. > > > > thad > > > > > > On 8/29/06, Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 04:07 +0000, Froilan Romualdo wrote: > > > > Friends, I want only to share to you my experienced in choosing a > > > > > > Got an IBM Thinkpad T42p running on Ubuntu 6.06... works like a charm as > > > everything just works (sort of... I haven't made the hard drive active > > > protection system work with hard disk head parking). As far as I could > > > tell, the T40, 41 and 42 series works well with Linux (as Linux SATA > > > support does not yet include being power-aware, and that affects > > > SATA-based ones like the T43 and T60). > > > > > > The one thing I'm primarily after is the support of the manufacturer of > > > the machine particularly on their BIOS updates, followed by keyboard > > > quality, then Linux compatibility, hence the preference for Thinkpads > > > (despite those being unattractive, low-feature black bricks so unlike > > > the Vaios and Macbooks :) > > > > > > -- > > > Paolo Alexis Falcone > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > sometimes truth is stranger than fiction > > -bad religion- > > http://www.bloglines.com/blog/mailist > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > -- > Angeles Communications (Phils.), Inc. - Angelcom > System Administrator > --- > 1 Timothy 4:8 > For bodily exercise profiteth little: > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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