From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   TJ wrote:   
   > On 09/30/2012 12:41 AM, Adam wrote:   
      
   >> Update: I got wireless working in Mageia 2!   
   [...]   
   >> The Gnome app wouldn't even let me enter anything.   
   >>   
   > Different hardware, and I'm using 32-bit Mageia. Thinking back, I   
   > remember seeing instructions on disabling the drakx network process from   
   > starting on boot, and instructions to delete any wireless interfaces I   
   > had created with them before trying the networkmanager app, but I wasn't   
   > sure that was needed anymore since the updates. Oh, and I found that if   
   > I tried to check the status of the connection using the "Configure   
   > Network" option from MCC, that it would disconnect unless I clicked on   
   > the box that said, "Allow networkmanager to control connection."   
      
   And as Bill mentioned, the various Mageia connection indicators aren't   
   always reliable either.  I won't say these rule out Mageia 2 for me, but   
   it's not a promising start.   
      
   > I'll be playing with it again to see if anything has changed once I get   
   > a monitor for the system - low priority right now.   
      
   Lower priority for me too.  Priority will go to getting my main system   
   reconfigured once it gets back here, using the same Mandriva 2011.0 it   
   had before.  If you'll settle for a CRT monitor, try Goodwill or   
   similar.  The local (countywide) Freecycle list here also offers a   
   monitor every week or two on average.   
      
   >> any further questions specific to Mageia will go in a Mageia group.   
   >> I gather alt.os.linux.mageia is the most popular one (over   
   >> gmane.linux.mageia.user) -- I see a lot of familiar names there.   
   >>   
   > Different users on the two groups. Quite a few more developers seem to   
   > be on the gmane group, but yes, many more familiar names on the Usenet   
   > group. And don't forget the Mageia forum. Lots of good help available   
   > there.   
      
   I don't (and may never) have specifics for "rating" distros, but   
   available support is a big one.  This NG alone is a big point in favor   
   of Mandriva.   
      
   Adam   
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