gfclement
December 19th, 2009, 06:43 PM
I use this DV8000 for XP needs, otherwise I'm a happy 8.04 LTS user on my desktops and a Dell Vostro 14.
Last night I thought I would try each of the above live CD's on the DV. All installed and functioned fully on wired network. The exception was wireless on Karmic & Jaunty. This DV has the broadcom chip and an AMD processor. All three installs alerted me that a restricted wireless 43xx driver was available. I downloaded for all three installs but, interestingly, only on Hardy did the wireless come alive and function normally.
I was looking forward to Lucid 10.04 but now with an eye of caution and wonder.
Last night I thought I would try each of the above live CD's on the DV. All installed and functioned fully on wired network. The exception was wireless on Karmic & Jaunty. This DV has the broadcom chip and an AMD processor. All three installs alerted me that a restricted wireless 43xx driver was available. I downloaded for all three installs but, interestingly, only on Hardy did the wireless come alive and function normally.
I was looking forward to Lucid 10.04 but now with an eye of caution and wonder.