Re: Dell or HP laptop with excellent support to Linux (Debian)
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:09:47 +0300
Alexander Kapshuk <sashaandtanya@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Wi Fi: anything but Broadcom (i was told Broadcom Wi Fi has a lousy Linux
> support, correct me if I'm wrong);
It's really not that simple. Broadcom has apparently never released
any specs, so the native linux drivers have to be clean-room reverse
engineered. That caveat notwithstanding, there's an active development
community, and support for many chips, particularly older models, is
excellent, at least in station mode, which is most probably the main
thing you'll need in a laptop. The 4318 in my Acer laptop, for
example, works quite well. Support for some newer chips (LP-PHY cores)
has been progressing lately. This is your starting point:
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
Celejar
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