[seven]

Looking for the easiest Linux distrobutions that will be able to support a linksys USB wireless adapter.

I have used a wirelss bridge once ages ago that worked via the wireless router and got internet.

Thanks

[CouchMaster]

Once again, all of the newer Linux distros have excellent hardware support, and they're mostly the same. At the moment I'm playing with Mepis 3.3.1 and it's hardware support is the best I've found, but that's on my computers - yours might be, and probably is, different. You'll just have to check a few out and see.

[seven]

Mepis is like knoppix right? It is CD run?

[CouchMaster]

SimplyMepis is a live CD (like Knoppix) that has an install feature and it works very well. You can try it to see if it detects all of your hardware, run it, play around with it, and you can then choose to install it or not. The password to run the demo part is 'demo, and to install it is 'root'. Make sure you get the new 3.3.1 version as it has much better hardware detection.

[400025]

where did you get your mepis distro, I got one and burned it the checksum was accurate but my computer woudnt boot to it.

[tdi_veedub]

It's not the distro you need to worry about, it's the linux support for the specific wireless hardware. For the most part the support is pretty good, but there are some newer chipsets that don't have much support. So if possible, lean towards something a little older. Unless you are a developer, you don't want the newest technology for Linux. I always google the specific hardware I am thinking of buying before I buy it.

[CouchMaster]

Originally Posted by 400025

where did you get your mepis distro, I got one and burned it the checksum was accurate but my computer woudnt boot to it.

This is the one I'm running http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=02623#0
it's the test2 version just before the final release.
And, by the way, I couldn't find a checksum for this one! So I tried it as is and it worked great.

[400025]

thanks

[400025]

Couch Master
Ok heres the deal I downloaded mepis from the link you gave me burned it to a cd. It seems to want to boot but I get a bunch of error messages way to fast to read then it asks me to login I use demo as the user name and password {I read somewhere that was what to do}. then it gives me a command prompt I tried some commands like firefox ect. and it just gives me an error, nothing works. When I tried to reboot it says you need to be superuser to reboot. so my questions are what is the superuser password by default, dose mepis have a graphical user interface and am I missing something, have I done something wrong or is it my copy of the os. keep in mind that im pretty new to linux. Thanks for all your help.