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I am a newbie to Linux.....I need learning support...I have a gateway laptop 5300 solo....PIII 950 with 256 megs of ram....it was laying around the house with win 98....barely useful ...
  1. 07-15-2009 #1
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    Newbie Needs to Know

    I am a newbie to Linux.....I need learning support...I have a gateway laptop 5300 solo....PIII 950 with 256 megs of ram....it was laying around the house with win 98....barely useful as a paper weight....I thought I might try my hand at linux.....I have linux redhat 9 installing as I write....my question....what do I do to get a D-Link DWL-G650 Rev C (I Think)...to work properly.....remember I'm a linux newbie....thank you for any help


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    I have to stop you right there!

    Despite the misleading number, Red Hat 9 is very old - from 2002 if I recall correctly. You might be better off using a light modern distro such as Xubuntu, Damn Small Linux or Puppy Linux. You will have a hard time getting anything to install on Red Hat 9 as there is no support and no repositories available for it.

    With regards to your network card, I have the same one. If you use a modern distro it'll likely be supported out of the box as it is Atheros based - Xubuntu will be best for this. It's possible to get it working with Puppy or Damn Small but it'll be a more manual process. What I can guarantee is that it'll be next to impossible on Red Hat 9 as it uses the older kernel 2.4 and all of the Atheros drivers have been written for 2.6. It'd be like trying to get your wifi working on NT 3.11
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    Thanks for the reply

    Thank you.....If you could lead me to a bunch of distros that might be less taxing on a newbie....with very little experience.....I'd hate to throw that laptop in the salvage yard....

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    BigTomRodney

    I am sorry...I read you post more clearly....Xubuntu is your flavor of linux.....Thank you is it really sunny in Ireland today....it is very hot and sunny in the Mid-Atlantic States of the U.S.


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    You can get Xubuntu here. It is one of the most newbie friendly distributions. Burn the iso image into a cd, boot with it to see that it works and then install it. If everything goes OK, post again to give you instructions about installing flash, vlc, codecs, etc...
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    Thanks

    I am in the process of downloading now....I will post in the morning (USA) time...Thank you for helping the newest of the newb.....

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    BigTomRodney....you are the linux guru.....I just finished installing Xubuntu.....it read my wireless card immediately....I installed an adobe flashplayer...now I can view techzilla.....with a little latency...but viewable...you helped giev my laptop a little more time.....Thank....if you are ever in the states...I owe you...Same thing to L4Linux....your imput helped me burn the ISO to disk.....thank you helping a Newbie feel somewhat comfortable

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    If you manage to get Puppy Linux to recognize your wireless, flash videos will probably play smoother, since Puppy is a lot faster than Xubuntu. It shouldn't be too hard (if the drivers are in the kernel), you 'll just have to use the network tool of Puppy and tell it to search for your wireless adapter.
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    All seems to be working smoothly....which distro do you use??? I tried linux along time ago....and it was sort of difficult to learn....so I quit....I am surprised how everything has changed.....especially the downloading and installation of software....the search for appropriate software....it has gone extremely well...my wireless strength is a liilte low....but I can deal with that.....do you and bigtom rodney....stay in this forum....or some other? Again thanks for your help
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