On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:35:16 +1100 Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John wrote: > > > Well you'll certainly get good support from SLUG for Ubuntu. > > > > I found SUSE the best for install and go for wireless etc. Ubuntu > > (my mileage) still needed a lot of fiddling. > > > > The next Ubuntu 7.04 may be a little more flexible as its > > incorporating a number of commercial drivers etc. but that subject > > is for another flame war at another time :-) > > I've seen little or no discussion of Linspire and Freespire > on the list. It is seen as the pyriah of the distros? Rick, I tried Freespire as part of the plan to get my friend set up. It seemed like a good idea since he is into the music/video stuff. On my machine, it wouldn't play through either of the sound cards (one built in, one USB). A bit disappointing since Debian has picked up both of them without any problems. I fooled with it a little bit without success. I admit that I don't know enough to make a serious effort at it. Cheers, Alan > > I did download and install the Freespire live CD. Worked first > time on a Sony Vaio, although the wireless would not come up. > > I'm interested in something like Freespire eating into the Mickeysoft > desktop space, since that distro provides non-purists with legal > and free as in beer access to all the multi-media drivers / codecs / > other fru-fru that one needs to compete with a Winders or Mac > MM desktop. > > > cheers > rickw > > > -- > _________________________________ > Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services > > People who enjoy eating sausage and obey the law should not watch > either being made. -- Otto von Bismarck > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
