Re: Choosing Hardware
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:01:06 -0600
bob@proulx.com (Bob Proulx) wrote:
> Richard Hector wrote:
[snip]
> > the local one I'm looking at seems to have Intel wireless, while others
> > I've seen in howtos have Broadcom. Anybody know if these are any good?
>
> Warning! Broadcom wifi is right now completely without native linux
> driver support. I would avoid it explicitly until that changes. They
> seem to be completely uninterested in supporting FLOSS drivers.
Atheros has excellent (but with a non-free driver component) linux
support, probably the best there is. At one point Toshiba was using
Atheros mini-pci cards, IIRC. I don't have current information.
> Bob
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