Re: OT: Paging the Linux Jihadi

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone@xxxxxxxxx> typed
Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
I did. With the same net results as for Fedora 8.
Wireless networking and sound both non-functional. A reasonable amount of Googling and dicking around produces no better result.
I've given up (again) and am busy running Norton Ghost to recover the laptop back to a working (Windows) OS.

The only successful "it just works" install I've ever had is Linux Mint like what I'm using just now. It seems that wireless is always a pain but Mint seems to just do it.

Frankly, if you can't be arsed with the hassle, you'd be as well to just stick with Windows.

*DING*

And *that's* why Windows is the OS of choice for most people, and Linux isn't.

I use both but Mint is becoming my OS of choice, mainly because it's much quicker at startup.

I may have a go at mint, just for a laugh sometime.

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