the same here also... my wife had some experience (good or bad i dont know) with Windows and she is in Linux ever since she joined me and she is doing well too...
@OP, did you get the 'dmesg' ? Regards, Abhayadev S http://sites.google.com/site/abhayadevs On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Lawrence H. Bulk <[email protected]>wrote: > I can only say that my wife and I have been using Linux for over 5 years > now and I personally have tried 7 or 8 different distributions (including > RPM ones). Currently my wife and I are using Xubuntu on our main computers > (ZaReason Strata 7330s), Ubuntu Studio on two older computers (Acer Extensa > 5620-6419s), and Lubuntu on two Netbooks (Asus EeePC 1000 & ZaReason Teo). > The Ubuntu Studio installations are 12.04 LTS; the others are all the > latest versions. (I much prefer Debian-type distributions.) > > We have NEVER run across anything that will not operate with any of our > computers. I admit that I studied a bit before obtaining our three printers > (2 HPs and 1 Epson), all of which have Linux drivers available. I agree > that if you choose to use any GNU/Linux OS and therefore cannot run over to > your local Best Buy Geek Squad to have any problems fixed, you must learn > to maintain your computer yourself. > > But we are both just ordinary computer users. Yes, I am "the man" when it > comes to maintaining our computers but, in truth, my wife rarely runs into > any problems, certainly nowhere near the number she had with Windows. (When > it is time to upgrade, she does it herself.) And it doesn't take a whole > lot of effort to keep your computer going. At least that's my experience > (which is the only one I can go by). > > When we first got into Linux, both my wife and I messed up our computers > on numerous occasions as we were learning the system. Most of the time I > was able to get answers to our problem(s) on the forums.But a few times, we > had messed the computer(s) up so badly that nothing could be done. The > solution? A complete fresh reinstallation. And once that is done, you learn > never to do again whatever it was that you did in the first place to foul > up the system. > > Wi-Fi? Sound? Whatever the problems are, there is a solution. Often it is > not obvious to amateurs such as myself. But once a solution is explained to > me, far more often than not it turns out to be simple. That's why, > regarding solutions to problems, I stated that "EVERYTHING in Linux is easy > once you know what it is." I haven't found anything that was ultimately > difficult. But, as I said, I am just an ordinary computer user. > > I wish I were able to help the original poster who is having trouble > activating Wi-Fi on his netbook. I'm almost positive that there is an > answer - I just don't know what the answer is (beyond my suggestions to > him). > > I did not want to get into a discussion about the ease or difficulty of > using Linux; I was only trying to help the OP and perhaps my comment > offended some. In any case, if my last solution does not work, then I hope > that someone else here (someone more knowledgeable than me) can help this > person. > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Tue, 2013-07-23 at 09:10 -0400, Lawrence H. Bulk wrote: >> > EVERYTHING in Linux is simple once you know the answer! >> >> So if the answer to "why can't LINUX use my hardware" is, that there is >> no driver available, then it's simple to solve? Simply write a driver >> yourself or simply pay money to get hardware that does work with Linux >> and that has to be developed, because no available hardware does run on >> Linux? >> Or if you need e.g. professional NLE video software or a professional >> working DAW, than simply write the NLE software yourself, pay somebody >> to do, buy 100 motherboards until one is stable with your professional >> sound card and Linux? >> >> Note! I'm using Linux only for > than a decade, another issues is, that >> if you know the answer, e.g. how to do something assumed your Linux does >> use init, than don't expect that you can solve the same issues a year >> later, when distros switch to upstart or systemd. Don't expect this for >> tons of other issues ;). >> >> To set up professional Linux environments does mean that you have to >> figure out things again and again, to pay much money etc., sure once you >> know the answer, then you know the answer, but for 1 answer you get, 2 >> new answers will appear. >> >> Users willing to use Linux, should be aware of this. Linux isn't simple! >> To use Linux needs lot of knowhow and you need to refresh this knowhow >> each day. >> >> -- >> Attention! 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