:Ubuntu Linux: Built-in Apps get an "A," Wireless Support an "F"
Ubuntu Linux: Built-in Apps get an "A," Wireless Support an "F" Jan 6, 2008, 21 :00 UTC (16 Talkback[s]) (7015 reads) (Other stories by Dennis O'Reilly)
"It didn't take long after installing Canonical Ltd.'s Ubuntu 7.10 version of Linux for me to decide I liked what I saw. A quick tour of the Applications, Places, and System menus indicated that converting from Windows to Linux would be relatively seemless. The only fly in the ointment was my inability to get any of three wireless adapters to work with the OS.
"I expected to find the Mozilla Firefox browser bundled with Ubuntu, and seeing links on the Applications*Office menu to OpenOffice.org's Database, Presentation, Spreadsheet, and Word Processor apps--all of which are compatible with their Microsoft Office equivalents--was no surprise..."
