In comp.os.linux.advocacy, BearItAll had the audacity to say that:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> So, Vista is said to have driver issues. On the other hand, see what a
>> group of just a few people is able to achieve:
>>
>> Pardus [Linux] 2007.2 - Unrivalled Wlan Support.
>>
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>> | I managed to get these 5 wifi cards connected to my Linksys
>> | router
>> | via the WPA-PSK encryption protocol out-of-the-box with the help of
>> | the
>> | network manager. The connectivity was excellent. Despite still using
>> | the
>> | softmac stack instead of the devicescape stack, Pardus Kurulan
>> | 2007.2
>> | (installation CD) managed to conquer all of these notebook-based wlan
>> | cards.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/152/1/
>>
>
> Parados isn't the best distro to use for this, what with their very
> unLinux-like security arrangements.
>
> But the point of the post, that wifi in Linux is easy is valid.
>
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The Kubuntu live CD did not work with my atheros based wlan card when using
WEP encryption (kept connecting and disconnecting). It did work w/o
encryption. OTOH, my Xandros permanent installation works marvelously with
anything I throw at it: printers, wifi cards, usb drives, thumb drives,etc.
So it *can* be done. I have a Dell Inspiron 8600.
*R* *H*
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