shop.canonical.com — How many of Linuxers have faced a problem that their WiFi card does not work? - most of them. And the lists of working WiFi cards are not right since the producer can change the chipset without changing the card number! Simple solution - Cannonical Store (Ubuntu) schould start selling WiFi cards compatibile with their Linux.
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luchidNov 10, 2007
Have you tried setting up the static IP router-side? If you have a router that supports static leases you could do that based on the Wifi card's MAC id.
jqp123Nov 12, 2007
"The only thing such a company would do is to assure that what they provide works with Linux well..."Why? How? As you point out with your widescreen example, even if the hardware works with a particular version of Linux today, it may not work with the next release 6 months from now. It seems to me that the real problem is the complete lack of compatibility testing.
jqp123Nov 12, 2007
In other words, what's needed is a "hardware compatibility list".
macoafiNov 12, 2007
FreeBSD? Isn't that *less* likely to be supported by hardware vendors?
chandonNov 13, 2007
You bought hardware that was specifically designed to run OS X. Inconveniences running some other OS are to be expected. Still, you can easily just go to the store and grab yourself a USB wireless thing for $25 and it'll work fine.
bicepNov 13, 2007
Would be nice for Canonical to help in this way. But what would be nicer is for all the GNU/Linux supporters in the world to be able to channel a fire-hose like demand for better support from hardware manufacturers in terms of allowing open source driver development and support. This is why it's so important that GNU/Linux gets a larger user base. The more people that are available to demand action from hardware manufacturers, the better support we will get for our Linux systems.WE (the people that already use Linux) are the ones who must make the difference!! We have to DEMAND more GNU/Linux support from all vendors we come into contact with, whether they be ISPs, computer suppliers, networking equipment mfgrs, webmail, web-services, schools, libraries, government officials, employers, people we know (or even don't know), etc., etc.If you are a GNU/Linux user... MAKE NOISE!! Tell EVERYONE you know about GNU/Linux!! You must be a LINUX EVANGELIST!!For a few ideas as to what I'm talking about and some examples of what you can do to help, see my rantings at: <a class="user" href="http://tinyurl.com/yr98jp">http://tinyurl.com/yr98jp</a>Stand Up, Be Heard, Use GNU/Linux, Be Free, Be Liberated, Be cool like me!Shannon V.
Closed AccountNov 15, 2007
Also, gOS is a distro specifically made for the $200 Walmart PCs that you've been reading about on Digg, so it was designed to work w/ the specific hardware that system comes with. Since it is based off of Ubuntu, you should be able to follow the steps Ubuntu users take when fixing a problem they have. Unless your in love w/ gOS (I've tried it from the live-cd, & it's nice, but not for me), I'd try the full version of Ubuntu.
rainserpentJan 24, 2008
The best solution is to have the wireless card manufacturers supply driver code portable to other operating systems. They are not going to do that until they start losing money.Most end users will probably not want to buy another wireless card if they have one already installed. Who could blame them?