I'm always changing computers, and it's a while since I used a wireless card in my AMD Athlon 64.
The wireless card I have is a Belkin Wireless G, and up till now I have always had to upload the driver as part of the configuration process.
I was presently surprised when Mandriva 2009 recognised the card straight away, without my needing to insert the Windows driver. I wasn't expecting that.
All I had to to was run the Network Centre utility to enter the WEP details, which took all of two or three minutes, then I was up and running. Hassle free.
I recommend Mandriva 2009 to all. I'm really pleased with the ease of use and overall reliablility of this operating system
If you like Mandriva 2009 as well, why not leave a comment.
ubuntu 8.04 to ubuntu 8.10
After waiting for a while before upgrading to ubuntu 8.10 following my previous failure to do so successfully, as documented in a previous post, I took the plunge and upgraded last weekend.
I don't know about you, but with so many excellent linux distros available, and coming out with regular frequency now, I find it difficult to stay faithful to one for more than a few months at a time.
So last weekend I decided to upgrade from ubuntu 8.04 lts to the ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex distribution.
I like to keep up to date with the latest distros and have a look at the new features, also checking to see if existing features still work. Don't take that as a given. It doesn't always happen. Try running streaming video and you'll see what I mean.
The download is a hefty 2.Gb, approx, so it takes a while. I had one error message, near the start of the upgrade, which looked ominous, but I didn't take too much notice.
Unfortunately it proved to be a fatal error. At reboot time, the moment of truth, I found myself staring at the familar black screen, which is the same result as the last attemt to install ubuntu 8.10.
Failed again!
Am I trying again? Not just yet. I haven't given up on ubuntu 8.10. It's too good a distro for that.
In the meantime I have switched to linux Mandriva , the 2009 version, which I have found to be an excellent substitute.
More on that in the next post.
By the way, if a linux installation occasionally fails, it doesn't matter. It's easy enough to install from CD or DVD.
I don't know about you, but with so many excellent linux distros available, and coming out with regular frequency now, I find it difficult to stay faithful to one for more than a few months at a time.
So last weekend I decided to upgrade from ubuntu 8.04 lts to the ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex distribution.
I like to keep up to date with the latest distros and have a look at the new features, also checking to see if existing features still work. Don't take that as a given. It doesn't always happen. Try running streaming video and you'll see what I mean.
The download is a hefty 2.Gb, approx, so it takes a while. I had one error message, near the start of the upgrade, which looked ominous, but I didn't take too much notice.
Unfortunately it proved to be a fatal error. At reboot time, the moment of truth, I found myself staring at the familar black screen, which is the same result as the last attemt to install ubuntu 8.10.
Failed again!
Am I trying again? Not just yet. I haven't given up on ubuntu 8.10. It's too good a distro for that.
In the meantime I have switched to linux Mandriva , the 2009 version, which I have found to be an excellent substitute.
More on that in the next post.
By the way, if a linux installation occasionally fails, it doesn't matter. It's easy enough to install from CD or DVD.
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