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From: Polly the Parrot
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:18

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cMz wrote:

> Today I tried to resurrect my uncle's laptop with dead Windows by using
> a PCLinuxOS Live CD. Everything worked except his Huawei modem. As PCLOS
> is Mandriva based I wasn't surprised too much.
> 
> In this case it seems that some distros do a better job than the others.

Which reminds me, I recently read one of the English Linux magazines (forget 
which one) which had the usual free cd, and they were stating that for GSM 
users, a "pleasant surprise was in store".

Maybe one day we can all get a "pleasant surprise"?
>

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