[PLUG] Wireless Networking on ThinkPad 600E/Xubuntu-7.04

[Kenneth B. Hill]

Rich,

Have you looked here?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported

-Ken

On Jul 19, 2007, at 8:30 PM, Kenneth B. Hill wrote:

> Well, I'm not a believer that the "underneath" working of the OS of  
> Xubuntu and Ubuntu are the same. The Ubuntu Linux disto has several  
> flavors (i.e., Ubuntu, Xubunt, Kubuntu, Edubutu); just like RedHat,  
> SUSE, Mandrake, etc. has several flavors of their Linux distros.  
> Microsoft and Apple do the same thing.
>
> I know that Xfce is just another desktop/widow manager. However,  
> there are several flavors of X out there being used by the various  
> Linux distros.
>
> Is there a specific reason or need why you want to run/use the Xfce  
> desktop/window manager? Have you tried Gnome or KDE for a desktop/ 
> windows manager?
>
> -Ken
>
> On Jul 19, 2007, at 6:33 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Kenneth B. Hill wrote:
>>
>>> Have you tried installing the base Ubuntu Linux distro? I notice you
>>> installed Xubuntu on your laptop. Is there a reason why you chose  
>>> Xubuntu
>>> over Ubuntu? I am not familiar with Xubuntu, but I have installed  
>>> Ubuntu
>>> on a very old (10 year old) laptop just fine and it detected the  
>>> Linksys
>>> wireless card.
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>>   The Xubuntu subspecies uses Xfce as the desktop/window manager,  
>> rather
>> than Gnome or KDE. Underneath they're all the same.
>>
>> Rich
>>
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