Linux operating systems, worth a trying!

Linux operating systems, worth trying!

LINUX OPERATING SYSTEMS, WORTH TRYING! Linux Mint 15 http://www.linuxmint.com/ LINUX ZORIN 7 http://zorin-os.com/free.html

 

Hi there,

I've decided to get into Linux and see what its like as I've done Windows and Mac OS already.

I've decided to go with Linux Mint 16 to start with on my D250 but I cannot get the wireless to work.
I have a Broadcom BCM4322 card in my D250 but the installed driver keeps saying device not working.

Any ideas how to get this up and running? I've read a few guides for need to connect to my router direct to download packages etc. so just wondered is anyone had a specific guide that has done this before as they all look slightly different to me.

Cheers

Paul

 

Give ubuntu a try this is also a good linux version

THE REASON I DID NOT MENTION THIS VERSION, IS SOME SITES SAY IT REPORTS BACK (error reporting), still a good one to learn though.
(did not know how to turn this error reporting off at the time)

http://desktoplinuxathome.com/distro.html

 

This may be of some help

http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom



http://blog.hostonnet.com/how-to-disable-error-reporting-in-ubuntu-13-04

 

Hope this is useful...

Broadcom WLAN Driver...

First do this on a terminal

apt-get update &&apt-get upgrade

2.- go to Synaptic Package Manager,
Search for git-core Tick box to left of git-core
Mark for Installation (accept any extra dependencies suggested)
Apply the changes,

Now =- Search for b43-fwcutter and do the same as above

THEN...
In Terminal

sudo apt-get -y install b43-fwcutter

your Broadcom WLAN should now be able to connect..

(Sometimes one has to - Reboot to get it working)...

 

Hi Brian,

Cheers, I ended up doing something fairly similar to the above and got it working
Quite like Mint, and now it connects might stick with it for a while to get used to Terminal and how it generally works.... or I might get bored of it and stop using it lol

Paul

 

IF you are a Windows XP user wanting to go over to 'Linux'

Can I suggest Zorin OS 6 LITE - it looks very much like Windows XP

It is a branch of Ubuntu... is fast and Light and except for the ugly boot screen, does what it says on the tin... using unetbootin to burn the ISO to a 2Gb USB stick and allowing 512 Mb for Persistence.. will allow users to add a few other programs which will continue to be available each time you boot from the USB Stick

Usually Live USB/CD distribution (distro) will NOT retain passwords or log-ins but WITH persistence... they ARE saved.

 

What is the difference between main Linux and Ubuntu? Which runs faster?

 

EVERYONE will have their own preferences... but here is mine-

Linux Lite which is a cut down version (less than 800kb) and based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS runs MUCH faster than the 2Gb original Ubuntu 14.04 LTS version because there is less 'machinery' to run in the background...

https://www.linuxliteos.com/features.html

It LOOKS a lot like Windows XP... so the user is already used to the physical locations of things... whereas on the 'Original' Ubuntu it is all guesswork for the beginner.

I started out using the 'Jolicloud' version of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (that's Long Term Support - 5 years !) back in 2009, but it was the Community help that really got me going, though Jolicloud never had a Forum. Linux Lite DOES have a very helpful Forum...

Hope this is helpful