From: Adam 

/m wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:20:01 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote:
>
>> You know reading the multitude of threads springing up suddenly about doing
>> things with Linux and it makes me wonder if its ready for mass desktop use,
>> even now after many years of steady improvement.  Theses messages make it
>> clear there are many secret command line incantations that one must know to
>> do many things.
>>
>> On the other hand I read something about Damn Small Linux the other day, and
>> it sounds like it will install on my old Pentium 233 laptop with 4 gig hard
>> drive.  I'm going to install it to give it a go.
>>
>> I watched that most impressive XGL (whatever that is) Suse 10.1 linux video.
>> Definitely impressive stuff.  Most of it unneeded fluff but impressive none
>> the less.  Then I read somebody's comment that XGL doesn't work with NVidia
>> or ATI video cards in a default install and you have to get drivers and
>> recompile the kernel etc. to make it work.  Gee, the two most popular video
>> chipsets in the world and it doesn't support them out of the box in a
>> default configuration.   That kind of stuff has got to improve for Linux to
>> conquer the world, even given the WGA and Vista Op Sys trojans.
>
>
> Wireless support is very weak as well.
>
>  /m

Blimey it must be my OS/2 heritage when it comes to choosing clone kit
but.....I installed mandriva 2k6 on my old laptop for my daughter &
chucked in a pcmcia wifi card et voila....that was about it other than
entering the security credentials (via a GUI wizard) to hook into my home
wifi hub.


Adam

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