"dave" wrote in message
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I tried that Puppy Linux today. Some notable drawbacks seem to be that
it doesn't support my sound card (on an HP dv7 laptop) and network
connections are a PITA. Other than that... it does seem to be pretty
fast. But if I can't do anything with it, it doesn't matter how fast it
is.


Have you tried "alsamixer"? [open Terminal, type alsamixer [Enter}

The Linux kernel has drivers for any kind of hardware made, built in.

Here's a more disciplined area where such matters are talked over:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/index.php?f=19

You need to know the name of the wifi chipset if it doesn't find it
automatically. Connect (phone on top of modem icon) wlan0 it should
give you a list of wifi nodes in your area. Otherwise you need to name
the chipset on a list. But Puppy should have found it. It's as plug and
play as windows these days. This version is married to Ubuntu.