Dell/Linux laptop wireless problems

posted_2

Tried loads thanks, not impressed.

asininity

Its not for everyone, sometimes its good to admit defeat and stick with what you know.

I do find it funny that when something that you've paid for goes wrong its accepted with very few compliants but when something you haven't paid for doesn't work first time perfectly you've no tolerance.

alexalexalex

Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions, I did try Mint on a live cd and tried all the suggestions to get the wireless working but to no avail

Decided to just take the plunge and install a dual boot with ubuntu and xp because you can only do so much running from the cd. As soon as ubuntu finished installing it had a little icon telling me there were drivers to install for the wireless card. Clicked it, installed them and straight away wireless was up and running.

So all that messing about/worrying for nothing!

Oh well, sorted now so i can get on with learning how to make the most of linux

Thanks All

asininity

Ubuntu is good like that the propriety drivers dont come with the cd but it'll tell you if you require them and the choice is yours whether you want them.

Enjoy your new OS. If you need help with what programs you want and eye candy so it looks like vista or mac just ask.

S0litaire

First thing is have a play around with "Compiz"
you can do some fun screen and windows effects

johncolescarr

posted wrote: »

Tried loads thanks, not impressed.

Sorry, I just assumed that you'd been stung by Desktop Linux distros of old. I tried them a while ago and couldn't get on at all, then tried Ubuntu 2 years ago and haven't looked back since

Its not for everyone and I make a point of not lecturing about it (which I hate). I myself dual boot to use XP when working from home (but barely use XP otherwise).

alexalexalex

asininity wrote: »

Ubuntu is good like that the propriety drivers dont come with the cd but it'll tell you if you require them and the choice is yours whether you want them.

Enjoy your new OS. If you need help with what programs you want and eye candy so it looks like vista or mac just ask.

Thanks, looking like mac or vista i'm not really fussed about but i am pretty new to ubuntu so if you could point me towards any programs/sites to help me make the most of it that would be great.
As i said i only really wanted something stable for general use but i might as well mke the most of what linux has to offer!

johncolescarr

alexalexalex wrote: »

Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions, I did try Mint on a live cd and tried all the suggestions to get the wireless working but to no avail

Decided to just take the plunge and install a dual boot with ubuntu and xp because you can only do so much running from the cd. As soon as ubuntu finished installing it had a little icon telling me there were drivers to install for the wireless card. Clicked it, installed them and straight away wireless was up and running.

So all that messing about/worrying for nothing!

Oh well, sorted now so i can get on with learning how to make the most of linux

Thanks All

If you want to install all the stuff you need for watching DVDs, listening to mp3 etc do a google of top 10 things to do after installing Ubuntu, then pick the ones you want.

gaming_guy

johncolescarr wrote: »

If you want to install all the stuff you need for watching DVDs, listening to mp3 etc do a google of top 10 things to do after installing Ubuntu, then pick the ones you want.

VLC media player is brilliant for those types of things.

to install it just go to System > Administration > Synaptics Package manager and type VLC into the search box

johncolescarr

gaming_guy wrote: »

VLC media player is brilliant for those types of things.

to install it just go to System > Administration > Synaptics Package manager and type VLC into the search box

I agree, first thing I install every time, plays everything!

audio codecs good if you intend to use audio program like rhythmbox or banshee. I use these with my ipod. I've found your prompted to download plugins etc if you dont already have them, this is a great improvement