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eWeek: Linux Still Needs Drivers
Jun 5, 2004, 10 :00 UTC (25 Talkback[s]) (13535 reads)
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

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

"I also know my way around hardware, and I'm something of a network maven. And despite all that, I can't get Wi-Fi networking working on my Centrino-enabled Toshiba laptop.

"Argh...!"

Complete Story

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Thank you, Captain Obvious! > ...   Ugh   
Jav
Jun 5, 2004, 10:38:41  
Classic chicken and egg problem, develop ...   Add browser problems to your list   
Ramana
Jun 5, 2004, 12:12:20  
While I agree that it was disagreeable f ...   Why tell management?   
Daniel Feenberg
Jun 5, 2004, 12:22:56  
I am not sure that I agree with the conc ...   drivers   
jerry
Jun 5, 2004, 14:24:25  
Centrino doesn't work because Intel ...   RE: Centrino   
Gary Stewart
Jun 5, 2004, 14:35:29  
I agree. I have the latest of SuSe (9.1 ...   Wireless Support   
Jimmy Presto
Jun 5, 2004, 14:54:20  
"It's not all the hardware vendors&# ...   baloney, Mr S-V   
Ellen
Jun 5, 2004, 15:06:14  
One of the reasons I left ms o/s was tha ...   Open Source Drivers   
anonymous
Jun 5, 2004, 15:56:21  
Linux need OEMs selling preinstalled Lin ...   Linux need OEMs   
PreinstalledLinux
Jun 5, 2004, 16:07:05  
a very lame article. it took me 2 minute ...   mad wi-fi   
philip
Jun 5, 2004, 16:13:17  
I have spent the last 3 weeks hunting do ...   Vertigo in the wireless isle   
Eric Brown
Jun 5, 2004, 16:50:30  
I agree that the lack of drivers can be ...   The wireless debacle   
Ken
Jun 5, 2004, 19:26:37  
Basically, we need to reprt every site w ...   Re: Add browser problems to your list   
kwacka
Jun 5, 2004, 21:19:50  
.....I also know my way around hardware, ...   You failed in your article.   
Brandioch Conner
Jun 6, 2004, 00:04:23  
Just read today where Intel has released ...   RE: RE: Centrino   
Gary Stewart
Jun 6, 2004, 00:13:19  
I have very, very spotty Wi-fi performan ...   Re: Vertigo in the wireless isle   
noyfb
Jun 6, 2004, 01:03:23  
> I agree. I have the latest of SuSe (9 ...   Re: Wireless Support   
Volker Hett
Jun 6, 2004, 02:05:15  
Its works perfect for my on an acer 800 ...   Centrino wifi works fine for me   
Robert de Vrey
Jun 6, 2004, 13:18:30  
I am a driver programmer for a hardware ...   Thats wierd   
Kza Wah
Jun 6, 2004, 13:37:18  
> My suggestion for (of the top of my he ...   Re: Re: Add browser problems to your list   
SomeGuy
Jun 6, 2004, 14:45:55  
> While walking down the network aisle a ...   Re: Vertigo in the wireless isle   
SomeGuy
Jun 6, 2004, 14:49:27  
The chicken-egg not enough market to bot ...   BS problem   
DigitaLink
Jun 6, 2004, 18:20:39  
Sir, I think you need to remember that L ...   Do it yourself   
NeoSadist
Jun 7, 2004, 14:37:31  
> It's time companies stopped coveri ...   Re: BS problem -- Maybe not, but...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jun 7, 2004, 18:55:06  
> I have spent the last 3 weeks hunting ...   Re: Vertigo in the wireless isle   
kev strutt
Jan 30, 2005, 23:26:32  
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