Re: Lookng for Unix-like OS that will recognize my wireless card
- From: Mats <mats@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:59:15 GMT
t2000kw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
(You may see a repeat of this message on some of the related BSD
newsgroups since there are a few different distros out there of BSD).
It's not like distros, but as you come from the linux-world I
understand that you see it that way.
I have this scenario. I am considering trying a version of BSD instead
of Linux.
I think that's a good choice because of your hardware.
Old Dell laptop, about 3.5 Gigs of space available on a small hard
drive. No option to add a larger hard drive at this time, no
additional investment can be made right now. Processor speed is 300
mhz (Pentium II), memory 380 something MB.
That's ok for most of *BSD's.
I have tried Ubuntu and Dreamlinux, both of which recognize my
wireless card, a Netgear WG511T.
The problem is that the version of Wine that installs with these locks
up the system. To use my preferred Email/Newsgroup reader program,
Agent, I need to have a Windows "emulator" like Wine to install and
use my program.
Are you sure? At first, wine eats your rammemory and you have to
deal with problems in both wine and windows when you use it. Your
prefered mail/newsgroup reader? If it's outlook you can get the
same with thunderbird, except the viruses and trojans if you are
under *BSD. You haven't tried thunderbird under ubuntu? I think
it's very easy to install in ubuntu.
So, even though those two distros support my hardware,
something is incompatible with Wine. I do have a dual-boot setup with
Windows 98 SE but prefer to stay out of there if I can.
Are you using win98 for something? I don't think there is
anything there that you can't do with ubuntu.
Wine works fine in Ubuntu on my desktop, so that's probably what I'll
stick with on that computer.
You have a little more power on that computer I assume? But I
think that you can setup an environment that you like with only
ubuntu.
First, is there a Windows emulator that works with BSD like it does in
Linux?
Is it different or the same program (Wine)?
It's very much the same, but under different conditions. Have you
looked at PCBSD? It's very easy to install and it handles a lot
of things. www.pcbsd.org (I think).
Second, does any of the BSD distros support wireless cards "out of the
box"? To be successful I have to have a wireless connection working
right away (after entering the WEP key). I won't be able to download
support programs for the wireless card since I won't be able to
connect to the Internet. I would, however, be able to do so with the
desktop computer, but I don't think I can count on sending anythng
over the home network (perhaps on a CDROM using sneakernet).
I'll be suprised if not all of BSD finds your card. The best shot
can be NetBSD, but then you will have a little to learn before
you can set it up (well, I did so it's not impossible).
Any comments on tis, suggestions on which distro to try, or am I out
on both counts (Windows emulation and wireless card support)?
You can take a look at their sites and see what hardware they
support and see if you can find yours. I think it's a good chance
that all BSD's support your hardware. If you want an easy install
and a lot of opportunities to replace windows programs, take a
look at pcbsd.
/Mats
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