[OpenIndiana-discuss] switching from Ubuntu

Wed Nov 8 07:48:00 UTC 2017

Hi Lonnie

The Links I have provided may not list the specific cards.

The Package list only lists driver names and Producer names at best.
Which exact network card is supported is not apparent from the Package
metadata. The Url
http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/en/search.shtml?token=atheros&action=Search
already limits the search to all drivers with atheros somewhere in the
metadata.

Freenic drivers may also not list your exact card but it usually has a
series which are supported. For example for AR8XXX he has the driver
atge available.

>From there it is trial and error.

Hope this helps
Greetings
Till

On 08.11.2017 00:53, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
> Hi Till,
> 
> I have been searching over the links that you provided for Qualcomm Atheros
> AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet" and "Broadcom Limited BCM43228 802.11 a/b/g/n"
> wireless network cards but it seems that they are not supported yet.
> 
> I may have to try another network card, if possible, to see what might
> work. Will keep trying though.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Lonnie
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Till Wegmüller <toasterson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> Atheros 8k are supported via freenic drivers.
>> http://freenicdrivers.la.coocan.jp/
>>
>> Broadcom Probably aswell.
>>
>> Also have a look if there are packages not installed
>> List from OI.org
>> http://pkg.openindiana.org/hipster/en/search.shtml?token=
>> atheros&action=Search
>>
>> You can list the packages via
>> $ pkg list | grep $NAME
>> or
>> $ pkg search -l atheros
>>
>> For Broadcom it should be the same deal.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>>
>> Greetings
>> Till
>>
>> On 07.11.2017 15:15, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
>>> Thanks All for the nice welcome and I look forward to testing out OI as
>>> well as trying to contribute a bit along the way during the course of my
>>> projects.
>>>
>>> I actually, just tried to boot the OI (Hipster) live iso on an 64-bit AMD
>>> test machine that I have been running Ubuntu 16.04 and although it does
>>> boot up reasonably well, but I found that it does not recognize my
>> network
>>> cards "Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet" and "Broadcom Limited
>>> BCM43228 802.11 a/b/g/n" wireless. Actually, it seems to see them in the
>>> device list, but it does not activate them so perhaps I need some drivers
>>> if they are available.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Lonnie
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Nikola M <minikola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/ 7/17 12:26 PM, openbabel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to add that if you have a particular interest in helping
>> the
>>>>> desktop environment advance we would welcome your imput.
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Jones
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just to add..
>>>> ...and would also welcome posting answer to messages, below quotes :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/11/2017 07:53, Nikola M wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/ 7/17 01:34 AM, Lonnie Cumberland wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Greetings All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have used many operating systems over the years and lately have
>> been
>>>>>>> using Windows (all flavors) as well as Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, Gentoo,
>>>>>>> etc...) bu mostly have been using Ubuntu 16.04 as my desktop for some
>>>>>>> time
>>>>>>> now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Currently, I am gearing up to do a couple of projects which have the
>>>>>>> Illumos base which are in the SmartOS arena, but it made me start to
>>>>>>> wonder
>>>>>>> if I should also consider loading up OpenIndiana Hipster as my
>> desktop
>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>> that I can become more familiar with it as it seems to have many
>>>>>>> similarities as SmartOS and wanted to get the opinion of the OI
>>>>>>> community
>>>>>>> as to what they thought about it as a day-to-day OS?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mostly just exploring the possibility of nuking Ubuntu in favor of
>>>>>>> installing OI for a while to see how it runs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any comments, experiences, or suggestions would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Firstly , Openindiana is the distribution name because /hipster
>>>>>> (lowercase) is not OS/distribution name, but a repository name.
>>>>>> I welcome you to illumos distributions, Unix-derived family. (It is
>>>>>> truly derived from Unix and not just Unix-like)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Openindiana is a server-oriented UK-hosted OS that have a desktop. OI
>>>>>> has 'snapshots' twice a year (not a releases per se, since they are
>> not
>>>>>> supported to be updated as such like in Ubuntu) and in the meantime
>> there
>>>>>> are contiuous updates of fresh and 'vanilla' illumos updates and the
>> effort
>>>>>> of contributors in 'userland' source repository to make it better,
>> more bug
>>>>>> free and add fundamental features, where Alexander Pyhalov is
>> standing out
>>>>>> together with all other important contributors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Having a MATE desktop, Firefox ESR and LibreOffice (from SFE
>>>>>> repository), Openindiana is enough for everyday use of internet
>> services
>>>>>> and using Solaris zones (those might end up hosted in the illumos
>> based
>>>>>> cloud), but it is sure that some device driver support might lacking
>> or
>>>>>> trailing behind  a bit.
>>>>>> You can also bootstrap Joyent SmartOS userland and use it in the
>> window,
>>>>>> using pkgsrc packages, separately installed, in the terminal emulator
>> and
>>>>>> have it together with OI desktop experience. There are also Boot
>>>>>> Envornments on top of ZFS that makes both testing and production use
>> more
>>>>>> reliable and predictive experience etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So you can count on frequent and inclusive experience, that would
>> demand
>>>>>> of you to be more included in the development of the OI itself, not
>> only by
>>>>>> posting bug reports or driver support requests, but it could also
>> allow you
>>>>>> to be more directly involved (and more appreciated) then in some other
>>>>>> distributions you could. So it's both exciting and fulfilling
>> experience to
>>>>>> use it and make it better.
>>>>>> Don' take anything by the letter , be free to openly (and publicly!)
>>>>>> collaborate with others and everything you do will be important.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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