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Jayce · 12-25-2007, 04:05 PM

I struggled for a long time trying to get ubuntu to work flawlessly on my laptop. I can get compiz fusion to work in under 3 minutes, no less, yet I cannot get my onboard wireless to work (realtek 8187b) or my sound to work without some weird errors. I can get the sound to work, yet the output is slightly quieter than it is in Vista. On top of that, when I plug in headphones, my main speakers don't shut off.

If Ubuntu, Fedora Core 8, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, or Mandriva 2008 won't allow my sound or wireless to work, what else out there may allow for it?

Come on. Hit me with a good distro that I could try that would likely have support.

Also - Gnome only.

12-25-2007, 04:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jayce Monster Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: /home/jason Posts: 1,827	2 year Ubuntu user here... trying to find a distro that my laptop likes... I struggled for a long time trying to get ubuntu to work flawlessly on my laptop. I can get compiz fusion to work in under 3 minutes, no less, yet I cannot get my onboard wireless to work (realtek 8187b) or my sound to work without some weird errors. I can get the sound to work, yet the output is slightly quieter than it is in Vista. On top of that, when I plug in headphones, my main speakers don't shut off. If Ubuntu, Fedora Core 8, Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS, or Mandriva 2008 won't allow my sound or wireless to work, what else out there may allow for it? Come on. Hit me with a good distro that I could try that would likely have support. Also - Gnome only. __________________ Go open source, or go home.