Looking for a simple linux installation with good WiFi support

[Nothinman]

My point was that it pretty much can't be done. And a lot of people are running non-x86 hardware now that AMD64 is becoming so popular, if you have one of those machines and the manufacturer doesn't release a driver build for AMD64 you're just as screwed as people running Alphas AFAIK.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
My point was that it pretty much can't be done. And a lot of people are running non-x86 hardware now that AMD64 is becoming so popular, if you have one of those machines and the manufacturer doesn't release a driver build for AMD64 you're just as screwed as people running Alphas AFAIK.

Only Athlon64's 32-bit is x86? I thought x86 was an architecture and 64-bit was also still x86?

Anyhow I wouldn't really mind if my drivers had to run in 32-bit, it's not too much of a big deal for performance (especially network drivers) unless you're running a huge server or are suffering some kind of SYN attack that stresses the processor. I don't think it would matter what your drivers are because the modern network adapters use their onboard chipset for all the processing anyway, so I wouldn't expect any improvement at all.

 

[Nothinman]

Only Athlon64's 32-bit is x86? I thought x86 was an architecture and 64-bit was also still x86?

AMD64's can run both 32-bit and 64-bit code, but if the kernel is 64-bit the driver will have to be too.

 

[Shawn]

Ubuntu worked out of the box with my AT&T wireless pcmcia card, I was really supprised.

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: TonyRic
nweaver, but they are all broadcom.

No...they arn't. HP sells Intel based as well...I have tested them. In fact, they were the first to get the miniPCI express cards working.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: shelaby
I started out with FC4 just a couple weeks ago, it was easy to setup, and i got my wireless working using ndiswrapper. wasnt too hard. Ubuntu had problems starting X server, and i couldnt figure it out, so i went with FC4 and i love it

All it takes from me in FC 4 is to click on three packages and my Intel 2200BG is fully recognised and that was about all I had to do.
Intel did one hell of a job getting their cards supported in Linux.