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:Linux Magazine: Driver Incompatibility
Linux Magazine: Driver Incompatibility
Oct 11, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (5683 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"I fancy myself a Linux expert. I was a Unix system administrator before Linux existed, and these days, I run Linux on four servers and four desktops in my home office.

"But, even so, there are things that I haven't been able to do. The one that bugs me the most is my inability to get Wi-Fi networking working on my Centrino-enabled Toshiba laptop. I know my way around hardware. I know my way around networking. I know my way around Linux. And, despite all that, I can't get a perfectly ordinary Wi-Fi chipset to work with Linux..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Well Steve I don't know about you bu ...   unsupported hardware   
codepunk
Oct 11, 2004, 13:16:00
 
"I" do blame it on the vendors/manufactu ...   hardware support in linux   
Pete
Oct 11, 2004, 14:34:06
 
I believe Steve was talking about WiFi d ...   Re: unsupported hardware   
Prototerm
Oct 11, 2004, 14:55:54
 
In this article, Steven J. Vaughn sugges ...   Getting your driver supported   
Joe User
Oct 11, 2004, 15:10:27
 
> "I" do blame it on the vendors/manufac ...   Re: hardware support in linux   
John Meadows
Oct 11, 2004, 15:16:53
 
I´m an experienced Linux user and have b ...   HOWTO rid the world of Microsoft and vendors like   
Peyton
Oct 11, 2004, 15:59:41
 
Do you ever get complaints that the soft ...   Re: HOWTO rid the world of Microsoft and vendors l   
alison
Oct 11, 2004, 16:26:55
 
Do you ever get complaints that the soft ...   Migration questions   
Joel
Oct 11, 2004, 17:04:58
 
> Complaints about software choice? Oh,  ...   Re: Migration questions   
alison
Oct 11, 2004, 18:58:11
 
> Do you ever get complaints that the so ...   Re: Re: HOWTO rid the world of Microsoft and vendo   
Peyton
Oct 11, 2004, 19:21:50
 
I'm with you all the way. Unforunate ...   Re: Re: Re: HOWTO rid the world of Microsoft and v   
alison
Oct 11, 2004, 20:56:09
 
Litany of complaints, among them this on ...   Re: migration complaints   
joel
Oct 11, 2004, 21:15:27
 
> In this article, he complains that the ...   Re: Getting your driver supported   
phil
Oct 12, 2004, 00:05:23
 
I  fancy  myself  a Linux expert. I was  ...   A Unix   
Byran Lee
Oct 12, 2004, 01:29:24
 
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