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Answer» I want to get Linux. (Dual-boot with XP) Which distro should I get? Is there a point in getting the 64 bit version? (my computer supports 64 bit). What is the difference between the different desktops (KDE/Gnome)? And will my hardware work properly? My main concern is wireless internet, I use a USB adapter, it is a TRENDnet TEW-444UB. Also, will my printer work? It's on another computer on the network running XP. My specs: I want to get Linux. (Dual-boot with XP) Which distro should I get? There is no one, simple answer to this question. Expect to try several, over time. Knowing that, many folks will TELL you to just pick one and jump in. Or - - you can do a lot of reading, until one strikes your fancy as being more for you than another. A good place to do a LOT of reading is www.linuxquestions.org Then http://distrowatch.com Example of your question: The Utterly Improbably Huge "Which Distro" SuperMegaThread There are plenty more like it too. You can search there for them if you like. You could also try: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc http://www.tuxs.org/chooser/ and http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9420242132.html Quote ... What is the difference between the different desktops (KDE/Gnome)? Check out: discussion here And again, search around there some. You'll find lots of comments on both to read. Quote And will my hardware work properly? My main concern is wireless internet, I use a USB adapter, it is a TRENDnet TEW-444UB. Also, will my printer work? It's on another computer on the network running XP. An idea: Try a Live CD version. Free to download. BURN it to CD. Boot from that CD. No install! Boot it, and you're running linux! See what happens with your hardware, etc. Check out: Puppy Linux Knoppix Slax for a start. Also see: http://www.ubuntu.com and http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php for a huge list. The votes are interesting. I have a ubuntu disc. How do I find out if my wireless will work? I think I'm going to install ubuntu because one of my friends said it's pretty good. Is it worth DOWNLOADING the latest version? I have a 7.04 disc.The Ubuntu disc is a live cd so you can try out Ubuntu without installing anything. This is a good way to find out if your wireless NIC is detected "out of the box". Wireless support recieved major improvements in 7.10 so I would say yes it would probably be a good idea to get that version. You can install 7.04 and just update to 7.10 though if you have a wired connection handy.Okay, I'm going to install 7.04, I can get the updates (I'll just bring the modem to this computer). Will post back when I'm finished. OK I installed it. 2 problems. Wireless doesn't work. Its a TRENDnet TEW-444UB USB adapter. The light on it doesn't light up. Second problem, resolution is too low. It won't go higher than 1024X768. I need it to be on 1440X900 (widescreen). EDIT: Resolution problem fixed by editing xorg.conf EDIT 2: I found this thread: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-wireless-networking-41/ndiswrapper-cant-initialize-my-wifi-usb-device-577441/ When I try to run those commands in terminal, the first time it told me to run some other command which downloaded ndiswrapper, then when I tried to run the command from that thread it said "Error: no versions of ndiswrapper found!" Later, when I tried to install it manually by downloading it from the ndiswrapper website and tried to run the command again, i got the same error message. What happened? EDIT 3:Got the command to run properly without any errors, but the wireless thing still isn't working. What the *censored* is wrong now?I fixed everything I got the latest version (7.10) and installed some GUI thing for the ndiswrapper thing and now everything works properly. Good to hear you got it working. False alarm Every time I reboot the wireless dies and the only way to get it to work again is to reinstall the drivers. It's the same problem as the guy in the linuxquestions thread I posted above (link) EDIT:Here's an idea: just reinstall the drivers every time the computer starts. How do I make it so that it runs commands on startup?Wireless works almost perfectly now, the remaining problems aren't important and I'm too lazy to fix them. There is just one problem remaining. I can't print properly. The printer is on a computer on the network running XP. I installed the printer by going to system>administration>printing and using the wizard. When I try to print, there are no errors on the Ubuntu computer. The printer starts making the usual noises it always does before it prints, but it just stops right when it's supposed to actually start printing. In the printing queue on the XP computer, it shows a document with some random name (I can't remember at the moment) which isn't the name of the document I'm printing. In the COLUMN that shows the size of the file it showed sixty-something kilobytes out of 2.something megabytes. I can't cancel it unless I turn the printer off. I can't find anything in google. This is the last thing that isn't working.Still having problems?im not sure if this .deb file will work with you, but it worked with me. i see in your signature you have "ubuntu user" and thats what worked with me. (oh yes it is a wireless driver. worked perfectly.) http://www.speedyshare.com/214793933.html oh yeah i never had to reinstall this one... |
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