For those asking, 'What's the best version of Linux'

I've just recently discovered an interesting web site which asks you a series of questions and then recommends a few distributions of Linux based on your answers to those questions. I found it rather interesting and think that it could be quite useful as the question is often asked, "What's the best version / distribution of Linux?"
The website is here: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/

Quite a good website; It recommended me SUSE, Mandriva and Fedora, but I'm currently using Ubuntu and am happy, well except it wont except my wireless card, grr...

Have you tried the other distro's?

I've tryed Linspire, do you know any Distros that might accept it? (Linspire didn't by the way).

hmm...it appears i've left my psychic abilities in my other pants

what's the make/model of your wireless card? lol

Lol ok x).

Errrm I'm not sure it's just a cheap one from Maplins... Lol, although the Linksys WPC54G didn't work either.

hmm...does the OS recognize the card is there? or does it pretend it completely doesn't exist? does it start pcmcia? did you try installing the windows drivers with the Linuxant DriverLoader? have you tried to compile (if there is one) the linux driver for the card(s)?

Hmmm well I have installed the drivers with Ndiswrapper, and no lights come on the card whilst it is plugged in (when the Linksys one is in the power one only comes on) and I have tryed the hardware command (I forgot what it was) and it didn't mention it at all .

i was having toruble getting my wireless adapter working on debian. i finaly got it though perhaps this simple quick how to will work for you.

1. plug in your adapter (im assuming you already have ndiswrapper installed)
2. after downloading the appropriate drivers (if needed like for linksys you might need to use wine to extract the drivers) type in "ndiswrapper -i drivername.inf"
3. check with "ndiswrapper -l" it will show the driver and say if its installed correctly. if it doesnt say its installed correctly and driver is present then you have the wrong drivers buddy. but if it says hardware present then lets move on.
4. after this i did "ndiswrapper -m"
5. then "modprobe ndiswrapper"
6. if you havent already since you say your using ubuntu "apt-get install wireless-tools" (if thats not the correct name then "apt-cache search wireless" should come up somwhere"
7. now "iwconfig" it should show you info for wlan0 if so your doing good
8. now you need to configure some things try "iwlist wlan0 scan" it should then pick up wireless connections hopefully it will pick up your router if so move on.
9. now "iwconfig wlan0 essid your_essid_here"
10. now "iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed"
11. now here i used dhcpclient but in theory you should be able to use dhcpcd but i liked dhcpclient better so go ahead and do an apt-cache search for either one you want and then install it.
12. if you chose dhcpclient then your going to "dhclient wlan0" if you chose dhcpcd then your going to "dhcpcd wlan0"
13. this should be it but it didnt work for me untill i rebooted so what i did was modify /etc/network/interfaces to make wlan0 primary just replace the eth0 you see with wlan0. and you also are going to have to have ndiswrapper load on boot so you modify /etc/modules
and then just simply add the line "ndiswrapper" and when you reboot it should load up ndiswrapper and it should connect to your router hopefully.

by the way if your using some kind of encryption like WEP your gonna have to add that after step 9. the command is "iwconfig wlan0 key yourkey".

guess this isnt really quick but hey hopefully this works. it worked for me after hours of trial and error.
good luck!

EDIT: i just noticed your using a pci card. i was using a usb but hopfully it shouldnt matter. once again good luck!

i got recommended gentoo or slackware WOO!

iHATEgentoo.....

i was recommended debian, fedora, mandriva, suse, and k/ubuntu. lol gentoo & slackware were on my "these are DAMN close to fitting your criteria" thing at the bottom. lol

gentoo just hates you so, but she loves me : P

hahah, its true. i was thinking about trying to install it again but.....:sigh:...maybe i'd just do the i386 version? or something? because trying to compile while telling it i had a 64-bit cpu just WAS NOT working....and i did have the right kernel, etc.

tom, you may also want to check out this link - i believe it would aid you: http://whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com ... .6224,6278

Thank you Enjoi_Panda_Man I have printed off your post and when I have access to my Linux computer I shall try it .

And AnarchY SI, thank you very much that link looks to be very useful, I am going to go read the PDF now .