I happily use Ubuntu Edgy, with a pd-extended install. Also, I've found the following USB WiFi adapter to work out-of-the-box, if you don't have built-in WiFi.<br><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127151" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127151</a><br>The driver is already present as a module, so you just have to update your /etc/network/interfaces file.<br>best,<br>-David M.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 4/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Powers</b> <<a href="mailto:cyborgk@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
cyborgk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Question: I'm considering a dual boot because my old laptop with
<br>Debian died, and I got a new one, currently with XP (running blackbox<br>for windows though, thanks Frank!). However, one thing I recall is<br>that on my old laptop, the system was freezing until the kernel was<br>patched. Having to patch the kernel before anything works.
<br><br>I also could never get that computer on the internet through USB<br>wireless (it had no built in wireless card), and these days I pretty<br>much depend on some sort of wireless connection to get on the<br>internet, I'm mostly working away from home. I found that Debian was
<br>impossible to use without an internet connection, and it was quite a<br>catch22 trying to fix anything, when I couldn't search for info and<br>apt-get things to try to solve the problem.<br><br>So, what I'm saying is, I WANT to intall Debian, but I'm very afraid
<br>to do so and have the same kind of probems. My newer computer (used<br>one year) though, is a Dell Inspiron 630m, which my old employer let<br>me keep when I left, while the old one was some PIII Toshiba. Can I<br>expect an easier time with the install of Debian on a newer laptop? My
<br>friend led me to believe the problems were related to having an older<br>laptop.<br><br>Or should I try Ubuntu first if I'm doing it myself, and wait for 6<br>months for the Debian until I'm more comfortable with it all? I guess
<br>it's the hardware/wireless config + kernel recompiling that I'm<br>worried about.<br><br>~David<br><br>On 4/18/07, Frank Barknecht <<a href="mailto:fbar@footils.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
fbar@footils.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Hallo,
<br>> Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote:<br>><br>> > On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:<br>> > > Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules as well.<br>
> ><br>> > i agree, though ubuntu is also a debian derivative, but sometimes much<br>> > easier to use than debian and from my experience comes with better<br>> > maintained repos. as a beginner, i'd still vote for ubuntu.
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