[pete21]

ok i installed LINUX lastnite on a spare HardDrive

and it went perfectly
till an hour trying to install my Linksis wireless driverso i can get the internet
i was trying four hours with no look
i wanted to try linux to see what its all about and to try BERLY
(that desktop effects thing)
i even tried using the help pages on how to install windows driver that come in linux but its not detailed so dident help me
eneyways iv copyed better instructions going to burn them to disk and try again 2nite (again)

i wish there was a linux out there with mainly everything already installed like BERLY and so on to make it easier
maybe someone could use Nlite and put loads of programs in it or is there inux already out there with loads of stuff already done to it to save me the trubble maybe?cheeky i no but i just want to try it out

[oobrokensilence]

What linux os was it? If it was Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu...etc. you can just connect it to an ethernet connection and go into your restricted drivers menu and let it do work from there.

[pete21]

sorry its linux Ubuntu

i was up all nite trying to install this driver, tryed everything i could think off i even burned some help files off and followed them but got stuck half way tho again.makes no sense to me specially when the help file says install dlk something liek that..but it dident tell me how or were the file is

reason am using wireless is because we have 5 pc's around the house brother's and a sister were all wireless apart from the main pc so i would have to take my pc to were the router is (alot of messing about) but i will 2nite and try it that way.. one last go

thanks

[oobrokensilence]

let me know how it works out for you.

[Carbon]

Welcome to Ubuntu.

To get it running you will likely have to follow a 14 step tutorial about using the terminal and ndiswrapper. Hope you have the driver on a USB flash drive that's recognized, and a hell of a lot of patience. I didn't and started up Boot and Nuke within 20 minutes.

This is just one of the issues that plagues all distros and keeps them from having any noticeable impact on consumer OS choice. The developers have more use navelgazing and creating advanced features than enhancing usability because all the people that use them already know how to do this stuff.