Comments on: Set up new hardware, quick and easy http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Running the 2.6.30.1 kernel ultralight « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39973 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:34:23 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39973 [...] it’s important for you to know your hardware, inside and out, before you get started. As I have mentioned in the past, you would do well not to start with this, but to start with something like Arch Linux or even [...]

]]> By: LeoSolaris http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39274 Tue, 05 May 2009 12:31:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39274 I love that P.S.! I needed a good laugh this morning.

Ya, it is a little overkill, but it will max out the USB connection, and it will likely move a heck of a lot faster than the built in ethernet, or the wireless card.

Thank you for the reminder about hardware tests. I have only been poking at Linux for about two years, and I have not had to mess with too much hardware changing since I have it on a laptop. It’s a useful trick to keep in mind for the future, and one I didn’t really think of before hand.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39272 Tue, 05 May 2009 09:29:35 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39272 Whoops, I missed that one. Thanks.

]]> By: notthinking http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39271 Tue, 05 May 2009 08:19:14 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/set-up-new-hardware-quick-and-easy/#comment-39271 lsusb, would be more useful in your situation

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