Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Le Sunday 22 June 2008 18:05:26 Larry Finger, vous avez écrit : As Ehud stated, there is something strange about Debian systems. I'm currently trying to help Ubuntu 8.04 users get their devices working. Larry Just a quick note about this : when using the firmware suggested on the b43

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:11:08 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Celejar wrote: On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:08:49 -0500 Larry Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Having to go through the steps required to generate a .deb and installing it for every change would take 3-4 hours away from my

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

I have worked with all of them over the last three years (must have thrown away 100 plus live and install cd's). I want Debian and may have to die before I find my solution but so be it. I'm on Debian (and love it!) and use various kinds of WLAN cards (mostly for tests only) without any

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Thanks to all you good people that tried to help Larry suggested SUSE 11 and only one little sudo line, if only Debian could be that easy! Yes Larry it works as you suggested. Don't like Suse but it works Thanks Holger Schurig wrote: I have worked with all of them over the last

after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Hi, I'm trying to understand Linux and since I was working with DOS and Pascal since 1982, I thought that I had an advantage Here is what I did: upgraded with max memory my X22 ThinkPad and installed and uninstalled all kinds of (k)unbutu, Mint, DSl etc. My pcmcia linksys card with a broadcom

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Age Jan (John) Stap wrote: Hi, I'm trying to understand Linux and since I was working with DOS and Pascal since 1982, I thought that I had an advantage Here is what I did: upgraded with max memory my X22 ThinkPad and installed and uninstalled all kinds of (k)unbutu, Mint, DSl etc.

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Age Jan (John) Stap wrote: Hi, I'm trying to understand Linux and since I was working with DOS and Pascal since 1982, I thought that I had an advantage Here is what I did: upgraded with max memory my X22 ThinkPad and installed and uninstalled all kinds of (k)unbutu, Mint, DSl etc. My

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Age Jan (John) Stap wrote: Hi Larry, Thanks for your input. Suggesting I go with Suze 11, is not the way I want. I have worked with all of them over the last three years (must have thrown away 100 plus live and install cd's). I want Debian and may have to die before I find my solution

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Please don't misunderstand the following comments. I am not disparaging the great work done by the bcm43xx team, but the fact is that a reverse engineered driver will never be as good as a driver for which the original source code or specs are released by the manufacturer. I mostly lurk on this

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Mike Mohr wrote: Please don't misunderstand the following comments. English _is_ my second language but I will do my best to not misunderstand the following comments. I hope you do the same. I am not disparaging the great work done by the bcm43xx team, but the fact is that a reverse

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

On Sunday 22 June 2008 22:42:32 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Mohr wrote: Please don't misunderstand the following comments. English _is_ my second language but I will do my best to not misunderstand the following comments. I hope you do the same. ... If I wanted a commercial or spam

Re: after 3 weeks of problems, should I go back to windows?

Let me respond below.. On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 1:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike Mohr wrote: Please don't misunderstand the following comments. English _is_ my second language but I will do my best to not misunderstand the following comments. I hope you do the same. aye, will do.