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To: twntaipan

How well did Ubuntu recognize the network configuration? That’s the one problem I had. I installed Ubuntu on my laptop as a second operating system (with XP). But under Ubuntu I couldn’t get my second PC recognized no way no how (no problem when running XP).


7 posted on 07/23/2008 6:14:59 AM PDT by bcsco (To heck with a third party. We need a second one....)
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To: bcsco

I guess you would have to clarify. Underneath wifi or ethernet (wired) connections are protocols. Linux excels at TCP/IP—the stuff of the internet, but can be finicky about Windows networking (called Samba in *nix), but I have found Vista to be finicky about Windows networking as well.


15 posted on 07/23/2008 6:39:40 AM PDT by twntaipan (Dump the Drill-nothing Democrats: Lower fuel costs in the process!)
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To: bcsco
But under Ubuntu I couldn’t get my second PC recognized no way no how

Took me an hour or two on the Ubuntu forums. Still don't know how I did it. Cut and pasted into terminal what people suggested.

149 posted on 07/24/2008 4:23:41 PM PDT by Stentor
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