[ubuntu-uk] Strange difference between Remix and Desktop

[Gordon]

On 07/07/2010 11:51, John Stevenson wrote:
> On 7 July 2010 10:25, Gordon
> <gbplinux at gmail.com
> <mailto:gbplinux at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I have Remix 10.04 on a flash drive and Desktop 10.04 on a CD.
>     If I start the Live CD on my Tosh Satellite, it tells me that the
>     Wireless device is "not ready" and I can't connect.
>     If I run the Remix from the flash drive on the same machine it finds the
>     Wireless adapter and I can connect.
>     Aren't the two just the same OS with a different GUI?
>     If so, why the difference?
>
>
> Hello Gordon,
> Does the flash drive have newer packages on it after an update, assuming
> the drive is persistent or Ubuntu was installed to the flash drive?
>
> Unless you have a beta or release candidate on the Live CD then they
> should be the same, unless you or the system added something to the
> flash drive.
>
> You can run either the normal desktop or the remix desktop from the
> flash drive as follows (no need for the slow Live CD):
>
> When you are at the login screen, you can select the desktop layout by
> selecting your login name and using the session drop-down menu to select
> from:
>
> Gnome - normal ubuntu desktop
> Remix - ubuntu remix desktop
> Remix 2d - lighter 2d remix desktop
>
> The names above may be slightly different as I listed them from memory.
>
> If you select Gnome and you still have wireless issues, then you should
> raise a bug on launchpad as something very strange is going on.
>

Interesting - I've just booted from the Live CD again and THIS time it 
DID find the wireless OK! Strange! (There are more things in Heaven and 
Earth Horatio.....)