What should i do?

[Nakira]

Hi all, its been a while since i used these forums but I'd like to say hello and also could i ask for your advice. I wasn't sure what to name this thread, as I'm sure you noticed its not a specific name, but hey, it should get more people to look at it and read it.
Basically i used Ubuntu around a year ago, maybe 6 months. But i decided to give it up as i was having huge computer problems. Now i was thinking of coming back to Linux and gain some more experience.
I would like your advice on which distro is best for me. I have taken the test and its thrown up:

Madriva, Freespire, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE

I was wondering which if any at all supported wireless internet the best.
When i used ubuntu before it took me months to sort it all out and it still wasn't sorted properly.

So please could i have much needed advice on which one would be easiest to set up wireless and then experiement with the distro to gain some experince before i eventuall move onto more complicated things.
Thanks in advance all.
Nakira

[MikeTbob]

As far as Wireless goes, I would recommend Mepis or Mint Linux, they seem to be very good at supporting a lot of different Wireless cards.
Good Luck with whichever you choose.

[KOZMIKRAY]

Nakira-

Novell (Networking). Your goal Wireless (Networking) there is a great match period. Open SUSE 10.3 in both KDE and GNOME environments
has the flavor for those who explore them and test them. In this DISTRO i like the KDE environment. The YAST center is easy to configure from the GUI and the Terminal Emulator in SUSE is my opinion of the Best terminal and its CLI environments for Root access.

Definitely go with SUSE and do not forget to get the gcc compiler so you can install apps right away. Also put the NTFS compatibility for HD data that is on NTFS. get it also at ntfs.org

Let the Light shine

[daark.child]

One thing you can do is get the live cd versions of those distros and give them a spin. From your list, I am partial to openSUSE (because I use it everyday) and Mandriva. Ubuntu I don't particularly like, but its derivative Linux Mint is quite good. Ralink based cards tend to be well supported in most Linux distros, so if its an option, look for one of those cards (usually the cards are branded as edimax although some belkin cards use them).

[Manchunian]

Suse is pretty good for hardware detection, so perhaps you should give it a go if you have any worries about this. However, I personally don't like this distro: it's sooo heavy and slow! Mint also has excellent hardware detection.

[Nakira]

Thank you for all of your help, it has really helped me a lot i did try ubuntu as i am familiar with it, but i had trouble installing it as it wouldn;t resize my hdd for some reason. so i might try suse or mint. or even both.
Ill let you know how it goes soon.
Thanks.