Wireless on openSUSE 10.1

What do raccoons and Malware have in common?

Canadian IT Professionals — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:46:39 GMT

They both can make a big mess of your environment and you will eventually have to deal with the issue...

re: Wireless on openSUSE 10.1

rob — Tue, 23 May 2006 16:40:49 GMT

I've always loved linux, but even when I worked at IBM where running a linux desktop was encouraged, I never could make the leap and use it for day to day computing. I've tried but time after time I run into something that just doesn't work and won't ever work according to googleing so I end up fdisk-ing and going back to Microsoft. At home I just don't want to have to talk my wife thru re-establishing a wireless connection over the phone should it go down during the day (or something like that). She has no comfort solving problems in linux whereas there are plenty of problems she can fix in Windows.

re: Wireless on openSUSE 10.1

castrunk — Mon, 22 May 2006 21:27:43 GMT

Talk to anyone versed in Linux and one common comment is the lack of hardware and mobile support in Linux. Some distros are better - some are worse. I've heard Mandriva is better at "mobile" technologies such as wireless.

My experience with openSuSE 10.0 has been so-so. Most of the things with my installation went okay, but the built-in audio remains in a it-sorta-works-so-don't-mess-with-it state. Since this box is my server and someone-is-already-using-the-Windows-box desktop PC, this is okay with me. (The price is certainly right.)