Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-08 Thread Peter Tribble
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:53 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > Hi Till, > > I have been searching over the links that you provided for Qualcomm Atheros > AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet" and "Broadcom Limited BCM43228 802.11 a/b/g/n" > wireless network cards but it seems that they are

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Till Wegmüller
Hi Lonnie The Links I have provided may not list the specific cards. The Package list only lists driver names and Producer names at best. Which exact network card is supported is not apparent from the Package metadata. The Url

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Lonnie Cumberland
Hi Till, I have been searching over the links that you provided for Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet" and "Broadcom Limited BCM43228 802.11 a/b/g/n" wireless network cards but it seems that they are not supported yet. I may have to try another network card, if possible, to see what might

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Lou Picciano
Lonnie, We welcome your involvement. Welcome to OI! Lou Picciano > On Nov 6, 2017, at 7:34 PM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > Greetings All, > > I have used many operating systems over the years and lately have been > using Windows (all flavors) as well as Linux (Ubuntu,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Jim Klimov
On November 7, 2017 3:15:02 PM GMT+01:00, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: >Thanks All for the nice welcome and I look forward to testing out OI as >well as trying to contribute a bit along the way during the course of >my >projects. > >I actually, just tried to boot the OI (Hipster)

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Lonnie Cumberland
Thanks, Till, I'll dig into this today to see if I can get it setup. Cheers and have a great day, Lonnie On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Till Wegmüller wrote: > Hi > > Atheros 8k are supported via freenic drivers. > http://freenicdrivers.la.coocan.jp/ > > Broadcom

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Till Wegmüller
Hi Atheros 8k are supported via freenic drivers. http://freenicdrivers.la.coocan.jp/ Broadcom Probably aswell. Also have a look if there are packages not installed List from OI.org http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/en/search.shtml?token=atheros=Search You can list the packages via $ pkg list

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Lonnie Cumberland
Thanks All for the nice welcome and I look forward to testing out OI as well as trying to contribute a bit along the way during the course of my projects. I actually, just tried to boot the OI (Hipster) live iso on an 64-bit AMD test machine that I have been running Ubuntu 16.04 and although it

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread Nikola M
On 11/ 7/17 12:26 PM, openbabel wrote: Greetings All, I would like to add that if you have a particular interest in helping the desktop environment advance we would welcome your imput. Robert Jones Just to add.. ...and would also welcome posting answer to messages, below quotes :) On

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-07 Thread openbabel
Greetings All, I would like to add that if you have a particular interest in helping the desktop environment advance we would welcome your imput. Robert Jones On 07/11/2017 07:53, Nikola M wrote: On 11/ 7/17 01:34 AM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: Greetings All, I have used many operating

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-06 Thread Nikola M
On 11/ 7/17 01:34 AM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: Greetings All, I have used many operating systems over the years and lately have been using Windows (all flavors) as well as Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Gentoo, etc...) bu mostly have been using Ubuntu 16.04 as my desktop for some time now. Currently,

[OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

2017-11-06 Thread Lonnie Cumberland
Greetings All, I have used many operating systems over the years and lately have been using Windows (all flavors) as well as Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Gentoo, etc...) bu mostly have been using Ubuntu 16.04 as my desktop for some time now. Currently, I am gearing up to do a couple of projects which