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Re: Just thought I'd mention...

____/ Kier on Monday 31 December 2007 12:38 : \____

> That Ubuntu is great.
> 
> I have this laptop, which is working under openSUSE except for one thing -
> wifi - (it has a Broadcom card, one of those awkward ones). At least,
> until a few days ago. I decided to try a little experiment, and booted up
> with ther latest Ubuntu Live CD. I dropped the firmware for my wifi card
> into /lib/firmware, then set it up in the normal way.
> 
> Lo! and behold, it worked! Just like that.
> 
> Now, I really like openSUSe, and I had everything set up just nicely apart
> from that card, but... the temptation of working wifi without a lot of
> hassle was too much. So I installed Ubuntu.
> 
> Now I have working wifi, compiz-fusion effects and everything else I need,
> *and* my favourite, traditional kind of GNOME, without any trouble
> whatever.
> 
> So, a round of applause to Ubuntu. Long may it continue.

If you post this in Digg, the mob will burn an effigy of yours. ;-)

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