<font color="#993300"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Continue....<br><br>My personal "fun" aside, as much as I like Linux, I feel that it's not yet ready for "the rest of us". Don't get me wrong: first of all, I'm working on Linux myself. It pays the bills. But there's a diff between RHELor SLES on servers and running Ubuntu-like distros on laptops. It's the later one I'm claiming "is not there yet". If you have to google a solution (from another computer, since the one you just installed cannot connect) to manually solve it (in the best case) or just live with it (worst case) when it comes to wireless and audio/video and printing, this is a tough selling point.<br>
<br>The problem is not you and I. The problem is that you can't "sell" Linux (pick any flavor and version) to the mass until these things work out of the box. I want to convert those around me - basically so I don't have to keep install virus protection etc. But I'm hesitant in doing so. I don't want to either have to educate people too much or stand there embarrassed when things don't work. I hate Windows like the rest of this group, but I also recognize that Linux is not a viable substitute for most users. Not yet. I would recommend Mac (to somebody like my in-laws) before I suggest Linux.<br>
<br>My 2 cents.<br><br><br clear="all"></font></font></font>-- Asher <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Asher Vilensky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ashervilensky@gmail.com">ashervilensky@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<font color="#993300"><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">In
the past I installed Mint/Ubuntu 9.04 (I believe) on a Dell laptop, but
had trouble with the Broadcom wireless card. Nothing I googled
helped. The only advice was to wait for 10.04.<br>
Well, yesterday I installed a MiniInspiron with Remix 10.04. Again,
the b-com did not work out of the box. They lied. However, a simple
and quick apt-get and then install <whatever> from a terminal
window fixed the problem. Nice!!!<br>
<br>(What __wasn't__ nice was that in order to install Remix in the
first place, I had to create an live-USB from ISO drive. After
struggling with the creation on both Ubuntu (8.04) and Mac, I raised a
white flag and went to Windows. Yes, I know. It was too easy creating
it on Windows. Maybe had I used a later version of Ubuntu it would
have been easier. Oh well. I guess there are a few things Windows is
good for...sigh)<br>
<br>Learned a good lesson on both assignments.<br><br clear="all"></font></font></font>-- Asher
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