Learn from suse install to improve my Ubuntu install?

[kamping_kaiser at internode.on.net]

> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:46:36 +0800
> "Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 10/08/06, Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:00:43 +0800
> > > "Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > If it is running perfectly for you, why not simply
> > > stay with it? imho "never change a running system" is
> > > still a valid statement ;-)
> > 
> > Because a running system isn't good enough.
> > I'm finding the SLED documentation sparse and hard to
> > find/navigate, the community elitist and closed mouthed
> > and worse of all if there is any repository of software
> > I can't find it or figure out how to add it to the YaST2
> > system ?!?! 
> > It's driving me nuts not being able to easily install
> > the apps I need to do my work.

I know /exactly/ what you mean. ( i let Novell suse me...
for about a week, was all i could handle i'm afraid)
> > 
> ok, this is understandable amd makes perfect sense. 
> Maybe I got it wrong, but "perfectly working" made me
> think different.
> 
> From what I remember from Suse, the network setup should
> be stored in /etc/sysconfig/... directory. I would
> recommend to save /etc to get all setup information backed
> up. 
> 
> But nevertheless you will have to find out how to
> duplicate the Suse setup in ubuntu. I would strongly
> advice NOT to simply copy the suse configuration over to
> Ubuntu. Imho this would very likely render your system
> screwed up.
> 
try not to copy configs between teh systems, not healthy.
I suspect (in your case), its the kernel your after. Suse
ships with 2.6.16-blah, while dapper is 2.6.15-blah. that
01 could make all the difference. [1]
> regards
> Eberhard
> 
> 

[1] on my system, the .15's dont work with my wireless, the
17s do.
kk.