conor at discuskeeping.com writes:
> wifi on linux is something I have only tried once, and it crashed my PC
> due to encapsulated windows drivers thingy. So I went back to XP as I had
> paid for it anyway. Someone else with real experience can coment further
> on linux wifi...
FWIW, it was pretty painless to get my new Inspiron 640m set up --
just download and put in place a couple of bits and pieces
(ipw9345, for built in wifi). Much less painful and less flaky than
the previous experience, which involved ndiswrapper and a windows
driver.
Brendan
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