[Gnewsense-dev] New installation issues

[George Roberge]

Greetings, and I'm sorry if this isn't the best list to post this, but I
still can't get to gnewsense.org.

I did install gNewSense on my laptop and a spare PC this evening because
I wanted to get a feel for the distribution, and I found that Evolution
would not function properly unless I stopped Gnome's Network Manager.
This is not really the point of this email, but related.

I purchased a Think Penguin USB network adapter to help break out of the
proprietary hardware bind, and used it well-enough in Mint Debian.  As a
side note- turning off the wifi using the keyboard button disabled both
the internal wifi and the USB adapter, which was disappointing, but
that's not important, either.  What became problematic was when I
installed gNewSense on the laptop, and had neither a recognized eth0
card (Intel, I guess), nor a working USB adapter.  I want to say that
the USB adapter requires a newer kernel than the one in gNewSense.

I'm a pretty patient person, but as the night went on I lost most of it,
and am a little concerned about trying to promote the software if I
can't run it.  No offense to anyone here, but if I'm a "tech dork" and
have had this many issues, I'm afraid of what Joe Windows will face if
he brings home the distribution DVD.

I would appreciate any thoughts!
George R.