Learn from suse install to improve my Ubuntu install?

[Vincent Trouilliez]

"Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I let novell install SLED 10 on my test laptop the other night.. it
> all went very well and it's the first distro I've ever tried (and I'd
> tried dozens) to successfully detect and setup _all_ hardware on my
> Thinkpad A31p on it's own, including the bluetooth and the wireless
> card.
> 
> I'm enjoying the very clean and slick setup of SLED 10 but am starting
> to pine for my old Ubuntu again.
> 
> I'd _love_ to have wireless working the same in ubuntu but I know from
> experience that it's a difficult thing to get working (in fact I've
> never had wireless working under ubuntu).
> 
> What do I need to do while I still have my perfectly working SLED 10
> setup to find out how they managed to get it working when I can't
> under ubuntu?
> Can I learn anything from this that will improve my Ubuntu setup?

Just a shot in the dark, but you probably paid for Suse ED, hence Suse could legally include some proprietary driver for your Wifi H/W (by giving part of the money you paid, to the relevant firm), which Ubuntu, being free, can legaly not do ?

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Vince