New member

[Aaron Vegh]

Dear Patrick,
First, welcome! It's great to have folks who are willing to give MS
the boot and enter this strange new world. You'll work hard to figure
it out, but the result is rewarding.

To answer some of your questions, the first assumption you should make
is that mailing lists like these are here in order to be bothered by
your questions. We love to puzzle and figure stuff out. The linux
ethic is very much steeped not in classroom learning but in poking and
prodding things till they work. That way, the thinking goes, the
learner gains a much deeper understanding.

There's one thing I can contribute to here, and that's your wireless
card problem. Indeed, it is a problem, because your d-link card is one
of the few for which there is no viable Linux driver. It's based on
the ACX100 chipset, which is notoriously difficult to get working. In
fact, I was just going through this nightmare myself with a similar
card, and ended up selling it on eBay, and buying a new one from
TigerDirect, which is much better supported. Search through google to
find supported wireless cards.

For your other issues, you'll find this mailing list full of
intelligent, interesting people who are dying to help you out. With
each problem solved you'll become more adept. Before long, you'll be
answering questions yourself!

All the best,
Aaron.

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 13:50:43 -0400, Patrick Bloomfield
<patrick.bloomfield-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm a new member of this mailing list and would like to introduce myself
> with a comment or two that might be relevant to the group as a whole.
> I'm in my seventies. I've used Windows since Windows 1.0 was released,
> had grown increasingly eager to escape the MSFT empire, had tried one or
> other distribution of Linux from time to time, but had previously never
> found any Linux system sufficiently user friendly.
> Now I have installed SuSe 9.1 and this new distribution seems to me to
> meet all my needs. But, while the system is very friendly, the
> documentation is not. Not, at any rate for an amateur such as I.
> I wonder if TLUG has ever considered broadening interest in Linux and,
> possibly, bringing a few dollars into the group's coffers, by running
> introductory Linux courses for beginners, limited to basic principles,
> basic commands, learning how to configure and mount accessories, etc.
> Such a course would also give new users a legup with specific problems.
> For instance, I am composing this message in the Windows version of
> Mozilla Thunderbird because I have not yet succeeded in getting my
> D-Link Air-Plus DWL-650+ up and running in  the SuSe 9.1 system. The
> SuSe 9.1 handbook suggests that the system's wireless card configuration
> will work for D-Link products. By contrast,  the manufacturer's web site
> suggests there is no Linux driver for the DWL-650+. I did  find one set
> of driver files  in www.sourceforge.net/project. However, even were I to
> download these files, I would not be certain where to file them in the
> system.
> I'm also unable to achieve a full-screen SuSe 9.1 format on my Toshiba
> Tecra 8100 (for which SuSe 9.1 does not seem to include a specific
> display installation).
> The lasrt thing I wish is to take up this group's time teaching me or
> any other newbie basic programming. On the other hand, an introductory
> course would be an ideal stepping stone for new Linux users.
> Patrick Bloomfield.
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