[Wolves] What to Install advice

[Dave Morley]

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On 15/02/12 19:02, Barry W wrote:
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> On 15 February 2012 17:17, Dave Morley <davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk 
> <mailto:davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk>> wrote:
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> On 15/02/12 17:11, Adam Sweet wrote:
>> On 15/02/12 16:52, Barry W wrote:
>>> Hi folks.
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>>> I'm thinking of installing a linux distro on an old Dell 
>>> Inspiron 2200 laptop (with expanded ram). This had the
>>> Broadcom B43 chipset for the wifi which I understand can be
>>> tricky with some flavours of linux.
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> If you use Ubuntu 11.10 then the broadcom drivers are on the
> install media you need to enable allow 3rd party drivers and then
> they are made available for install and are used by the live system
> there and then.
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> I've just tried Ubuntu 11.10, got the wifi working after a bit of
> a faff, but the connection  was so slow as to be unusable. Has
> anyone else found this?
> 
> Not sure about the UI too, what was wrong with Gnome that they
> replaced it?

Gnome 2 is dead now you have unity ubuntu's shell and gnome shell.  If
you are desperate for the gnome 2 look and feel I suggest you look at
xubuntu or linux mint


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