Damn ubuntu.

[Michael Havens]

why don't you just do debian? There is another deb-based distro called
Mepis that was pretty good when I was using it.

On 1/4/14, Michael Butash <michael at butash.net> wrote:
> So per a prior comment about odd efi-booting asus laptop, I'm still
> dealing with getting an os on it.
>
> I installed Ubuntu server 13.10 on it as the desktop installer was
> unstable, and installed fine enough.  Now, my kernels are straight
> missing most of my drivers for things like my network cards and who
> knows what else.  If I install header packages, they are there, but
> otherwise mia.
>
> I've never seen such a broken kernel install before, did the initrd
> system change on here?  Is there some additional package set it needs
> now installed to see an atheros atl1c driver gig nic?  Even the intel
> driver for the wlan nic is missing, so it's not just an "atheros"
> thing.  It works fine with the server generic kernel's initrd - really
> flippin befuddling.
>
> Backstory:
>
> Because ubuntu's desktop installer is so broken and incomplete for
> 13.10, I had to resort to using server to get my normal disk setup
> working using raid, crypto, and lvm.  After wasting a week with the
> desktop installer(s), at least I could get this to install clean, aside
> from it not creating a crypttab properly on install that consumed my
> morning.
>
> This was after spending almost a week trying to make any form of ubuntu
> work on it, getting so pissed and spending another few just to learn
> Arch, realized that all in all I'd rather have a deb-based system, so
> went back again to try server to at least install.  I'm really wondering
> why...
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -mb
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