Thread: Linux Query

asg got it right, 8.04 is Hardy Heron, not Feisty Fawn as I stated (Feisty was 7.04)

I'm currently running wireless on Linux (Centos 5) if I can help, just ask.

Try Linux Mint. http://www.linuxmint.com/

I have put this on an old Compaq laptop, and it works well. Wireless was easy to get going, and even Wireless broadband works.
It was distributed on a dvd with a computer magazine, but can be downloaded from the above site. It is based on Ubuntu.

Originally Posted by Mini

Andrew, have you had any experience running wireless networking (in Linux)?

Um, well, sort of. I'm certainly no expert on the subject.

Some wireless chipsets are supported by linux and they just work.

Most other chipsets will work with a linux package called ndiswrapper which is a kind of "wrapper" around the native windows drivers that are supplied on the CD with the wireless card. It can be a bit of a pain to set up, but it mostly works - its what I'm using now. I recall spending quite a bit of time trawling through the ubuntu forums to find out how to set it up.

Hi

I use Zenwalk Linux on an old toshiba laptop with very little problem, its made for machines with small memory, this one has 128M its a little slow but not too bad, it depends on what you want to use it for,this is a junk machine only used for Web

Doug