Re: Suggestions for a Linux distro that might work
Howard Krakower <[email protected]>
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Andy, I use Open Suse (admittedly on a Dell D600 laptop), but it is the only distro that didn't give me grief for networking. Howard Saturday, September 15, 2012, 10:41:27 PM, Andy Civil wrote: > We bought a fast computer (quad core AMD with a SSD) and want Linux on it. So > far, it's not working out too well. > Ubuntu 12: installed and worked OK, but increasingly wouldn't boot. Error given > was "Error: out of disk" and "grub rescue>". Internet search implied that the > disk was inaccessible, however the disk is working fine with boot-from-cd or CentOS. > CentOS: Installed OK, and boots correctly, however it doesn't recognise our > eth0. Internet search reveals that the Atheros AR8151 is problematic, e.g. > http://unknownimous.blogspot.ca/2010/08/atheros-ar8151-driver-for-centos.html > I tried downloading the RPM suggested, but installing it bombed out for the need > of a string of other packages; the last thing I want is "dependency hell" > downloading on a second computer and transferring with a memory stick. > Any ideas for a distro which would 'work out of the box' like Ubuntu should, but > isn't based on Ubuntu? > Suggestions? > -- > Andy -- ZedNet Technologies visit us at http://www.zed.net -- OCLUG general discussion list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/oclug