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> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>> http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/10/how-linux-supports-more-device.html
>>
>> To be fair there's two major classes of devices that we did find that
>> have limited support. One is the video camera webcam type things and with
>> the latest kernel, we've done a lot of work there and there is a lot more
>> device support. I think the next kernel that's going to come out supports
>> almost everything that we know about it, so those developers have gotten
>> it together and are doing great strides. If it doesn't work, contact
>> them; they'll get it to work. They're doing really good on that. After
>> that there is wireless devices. About a year ago wireless wasn't doing so
>> well. We got a bunch of people working on that now and everything is
>> supported now. Atheros now has open source drivers. Intel--everything is
>> supported; Marvell is supported. The one hold-out is Broadcom but even
>> they have Linux drivers, they're just closed source. There is Linux
>> support out there if you have hardware. I really don't know of any major
>> device out there that we don't support.
>>
>
> I've seen the occasional hiccup in getting Wireless working on recent
> kernels, but you're right, the wireless support on Linux has increased
> dramatically in the last year or so.
>
> Compare that to sticking a CD in for each individual device on Windows
> and installing the drivers from that. At least with a Linux machine, the
> drivers come with the default kernel in most cases.
...And if anything goes wrong, you don't depend on the company with 'trade
secrets' to fix it. :-)
Not sure what to buy for Wireless? Buy Atheros
,----[ Quote ]
| Atheros has now stepped up to the plate and delivered a home run on
| Open-Licensed support for their wireless drivers, and not just any any
| wireless drivers. The code for their latest 802.11n cards is already online :
| http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
|
| According to Mad Wifi, Atheros has hired Luis Rodriguez and Jouni Malinen,
| who are going to continue to work on the driver. That means this release
| isn't a simple code dump to look good on paper. Nor is the release
| semi-opened up, it's under the ISC License, which is what the radically
| open-licensed OpenBSD developers are using.
`----
http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-sure-what-to-buy-for-wireless-buy.html
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