Re: fight baldness


Dan C wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:17:27 -0800, jeff wrote:
>
> >> The key to wireless in Linux is choosing a card with the right chipset. I
> >> use a Netgear WG511T, which uses the "Atheros" chipset and works
> >> perfectly. Another that I know works is "Orinoco", and there are others
> >> (the "Prism" family I believe). Once you get the right card, it's simple.
>
> > But, since you mentioned it... If you have, or are willing to buy,
> > supported hardware, yes, life is good. But for those don't and/or
> > can't, wireless on Linux can be pretty frustrating.
>
> True enough, regarding the supported hardware. I have very little
> sympathy for those that choose to buy unsupported hardware, however, since
> research on what works is trivially easy these days. Their frustration is
> their own doing.

Tell you what. When you have a list of supported cards and you buy one
only to take it home and find it isn't supported I'm going to laugh my
ass off at you. For now I'll just let you imagine what you can do with
your "sympathy".

Thanks.

.

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