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Any distro GNU/Linux with wireless out-of-the-box?

by Hispanio, June 14, 2009

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Hispanio (User's profile) June 14, 2009, 10:37:15 PM

Hello.

I have a lot of problems with distros of GNU/Linux (specially with (K)Ubuntu), due to my Belkin USB wi-fi.

I know here there are a lot of users who have GNU/Linux in their computers, and maybe understand something about this.

An user in an Ubuntu forum said to me that exist some distros with wireless out-of-the-box (or maybe they exist), and on them I do not have to install drivers, Ndiswrapper, etc., simply connect my problematic USB and surf the Web.

I am tired of searching solutions, programs, and so on.

Please, if you know any distro with wireless out-of-the-box, say to me.

Excuse me if I bother you with this.

toiletdude (User's profile) June 14, 2009, 11:02:00 PM

Try PCLinuxOS, used to work for me out of the box. I think it may for you.

http://pclinuxos.com/

jchthys (User's profile) June 14, 2009, 11:57:36 PM

With me, a USB wireless network adapter worked out of the box with Ubuntu 9.04. The built-in wireless card on my laptop worked after a simple installation of the restricted driver using an Ethernet cable (Ubuntu as well as LinuxMint Felicia).

qwertz (User's profile) June 15, 2009, 2:30:02 PM

Hispanio:
I have a lot of problems with distros of GNU/Linux (specially with (K)Ubuntu), due to my Belkin USB wi-fi.
There's are some significant differences between the main Gnome-Ubuntu and the KDE-Ubuntu. Gnome-Ubuntu is the distro Canonical Ltd. supports. Only the teamleader of KDE-Ubuntu is paid by Canonical. Guess, what disto is better maintained. (I'm sorry to you KUbuntu guys.) "Desktop" Ubuntu contains an Live CD feature. ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso or similar.

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If you're connected via an fast broadband to the Internet you could download the latest Live-CD *.iso images of some major Linux distros, burn it and give it a trial.

Gnome(!)-Ubuntu (ubuntu.com) reclaims that they have good hardware support. So, would be good to download the latest Live-CD image from ubuntu.com (No KDE-Ubuntu) But keep in mind. If you prefer long term support only LTS versions are proper for you. All other non-LTS only will only get security updates for 18 months.

May be OpenSuSE? They are sponsored by Novell.

distrowatch.com

cheers,

Hispanio (User's profile) June 15, 2009, 4:08:53 PM

toiletdude:Try PCLinuxOS, used to work for me out of the box. I think it may for you.

http://pclinuxos.com/
When I have an USB Hard Disk (in one or two weeks), I'll install it and I'll test it. Thanks.

jchthys:With me, a USB wireless network adapter worked out of the box with Ubuntu 9.04. The built-in wireless card on my laptop worked after a simple installation of the restricted driver using an Ethernet cable (Ubuntu as well as LinuxMint Felicia).
Unfortunately, I can't use an Ethernet cable, due to the distance between my PC and my router malgajo.gif

qwertz:May be OpenSuSE? They are sponsored by Novell.
I say the same that I've said to "toiletdude".

jchthys (User's profile) June 16, 2009, 4:31:02 AM

I just installed Ubuntu 9.04, and it seems like my integrated wireless card is working simply by activating the restricted driver, no Ethernet connection needed.

ceigered (User's profile) June 17, 2009, 7:23:20 AM

Mmm as has pretty much already been hinted I'd look at the classy sponsored distros like Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc. I think Ubuntu can be installed simultaneously with XP, and then there is also Fedora which might but probably wont work out of the box depending on your hardware.

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