WMP54GS Under Linux

[Shibathedog]

wow that would be great

 

im downloading ubuntu now, i think ill try going with gnome this time

 

i remember with Mandrake there was a way to install both, can you do that with ubuntu?

[Grey]

Yup. Ubuntu's KDE is actually quite nice, and I actually do have it installed on my laptop.

 

To install KDE:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

 

To install Gnome:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

 

To install XFCE (EXTREMELY nice):

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

[Shibathedog]

ive never even heard of XFCE, im gonna go look for some screenshots

[Grey]

XFCE is another GTK based DE, like Gnome, but extremely light and fast. I was never really happy with XFCE before, but Dapper has the most awesome XFCE build I've ever seen. It's simply incredible. You can find a screenshot tour here:

 

http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slidesho....06+screenshots

[Shibathedog]

awesome thanks, im installing Ubuntu on my PC now, do you know if it supports the wireless card i have or do i have to do the NDIS wrapper thing again?

[Grey]

Sorry, I've been away for a while. It has a Broadcom chipset... which isn't well supported in Linux. (Complain to Broadcom, and tell them to release technical specs, so someone can program a driver, or tell them to write one, so they can compete with the likes of Intel, Atheros, and Ralink). Broadcom really isn't well supported at all.

 

At any rate, it should work fine in ndiswrapper. To install it in Ubuntu (you need a network connection of some kind), you can install it simply through "sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils ndisgtk". Then you should have a shortcut somewhere in the menu for a nice graphical application to install the windows drivers. You may need to enable the universe and/or multiverse repositories though for those apps. (not hard, check out www.ubuntuguide.org).

[Shibathedog]

thank you very much

 

Is it difficult to configure the card for my network afterwords? (it uses WPA encryption and stuff)

[Grey]

I didn't know, so I looked it up for you.

Edited July 27, 2006 by Grey

[Shibathedog]

thank you very much, this helps alot, i will soon install it on a second PC too!