What it doesn't do is work on laptops. It looks from below that PCLinuxOS is the only one that does. L x
I'll have to disagree with that. The problem with wifi cards is that very often a specific firmware is required in order to make it work in Linux. And this is not distribution specific but affects all flavors of Linux. I think it's a legal thing: they're not allowed to include the firmware. Take my Dell Vostro 1400 for example - while my wifi card was recognized out of the box it didn't work. I had to run /usr/sbin/install_bcm43_firmware first, a skript which a Windows driver, extracts the firmware, loads the proper wrappers and modules, and voila: wireless worked. Depending on your wifi chip you might need a different firmware, but I can assure you that so far, I've had Linux (not necessarily openSUSE) running on about a dozen laptops and somehow always got wireless to work. It does need some work, sometimes more, sometimes less, but in general it works. On that note: we're running about four dozen company laptops with openSUSE, most of them still with 10.3. Three different brands/models are currently in use: IBM Thinkpads (T61), older Terra Notebooks, and a few Lenovo IdeaPad S10. I have to admit that the IdeaPads took quite some time until they ran and supported everything a laptop is supposed to support, like standby, hibernation, energy saving techniques, multimedia buttons, wifi, UMTS via express card, etc. Personally, I run openSUSE 11.2 on a Dell Vostro 1400 and an MSI Wind, and have in the past used different flavors of Linux on different brands and models, from cheap Acer laptops to very expensive Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebooks. Martin -- Rieke Computersysteme GmbH Hellerholz 5 D-82061 Neuried Email: martin@rhm.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org