On 18 Feb 2007, Steve Lamb wrote: > Justin Hartman wrote: > > Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option? > > Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they > really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter > distributions which focus mostly on the x86 architecture. A good example is > Wireless USBNICs. I had one that Debian could not detect and utilize. I > tried KUbuntu and it detected it, configured it and had it running with barely > a hiccup. I then knew it was possible for Debian to do it, I would just have > to do the legwork that KUbuntu's stuff did for me. > Yes, this was why I suggested it. When I got a new Thinkpad Z61M recently I couldn't get either sound or wirless to work. After much help both here and elsewhere I was still no further on, but Ubuntu recognized both immediately.
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