On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:40 AM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > WiFi on Linux has been a thorn in my side for YEARS, so to have it just > friggin WORK on Ubuntu was a big deal for me. I agree. I find it refreshing to be able to pop my Ubuntu thumbdrive into ALMOST anything and have working networking as soon as the desktop comes up. > The Ubuntu Live CD on a USB Thumbdrive worked fine until I did a > dist-upgrade. Then it wouldn't bootup anymore. It may be that it doesn't know what to do when you install a new kernel. Have you tried running an upgrade instead of dist-upgrade? I'm in the process of trying that right now. > I also don't like that it > offers the live CD install options on boot-up and is, in fact, slower than > all hell. Knoppix on a thumbdrive which boots up in like two minutes. > Ubuntu takes about TEN (keep in mind I am testing this on a not-super-new > laptop). I'd also have to rip out the live CD user and create my own user, > etc, etc. I'd much rather just have a regular Ubuntu install. I don't know that there is any way to modify the boot menu options, but I just tried and I was able to add a real user to one of my thumbdrives and customize the interface, and at the next boot everything stuck - including the key for the wireless network I joined. You may want to consider getting a better thumbdrive, as someone else mentioned. The laptop that I just tested this on isn't really old, but it certainly isn't top of the line. 1GB RAM and 2ghz Core (not 2) Duo. It took a minute and a half from the time I hit Enter at the boot menu until the login screen came up, since I told it NOT to auto login, and that's not bad for this type of media. - Justin