Re: NdisWrapper for Wireless HowTo

I will be sharing some stats as soon as I get them compiled, but we did not
exactly trak which OS was being installed. All I can say is Ubuntu, and FC3
"seemed" to be the most populer, based on the state of the distrobution table at
the end of the evning...

Quoting "Eric \"Shubes\"" <plug@shubes.net>:

> That's a nice HowTo for Ubunto (and Debian). We could have used it
> yesterday (doh! for not looking there), as Preston's HowTo is
> (understandably) Fedora-centric. I particularly like step #3:
> apt-get install build-essential fakeroot linux-headers-`uname -r`
> Cool.
>
> Indeed, Ubunto is getting rave reviews. There were many positive
> impressions of it at the IF yesterday (mine included), and I can't think
>
> of a single negative aspect that anyone voiced. It also seemed to be the
>
> most popular, as far as number of installs. Bryan - will you be sharing
>
> numbers (stats) on that?
>
> I too strongly encourage anyone who's interested to give it a test
> drive. I'm installing it (instead of Debian) along side of Fedora 3.
>
> Derek Neighbors wrote:
>
> > I have a Dell Latitude D505 with a broadcom. I installed Ubuntu and
> > virtually everything was recognized out of the box except for the
> > wireless card. I followed the how-to they provide (took about 5
> > minutes) and viola working wireless.
> >
> > If you are running a desktop or mobile computer I strongly suggest
> > Ubuntu. Plus, Veronica Mars mentioned Ubuntu on national television
> as
> > being better than OS X. Which means it must be cool. ;)
> >
> > NDIS Ubuntu FAQ
> > http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/SetupNdiswrapperHowto/
> >
> > -D
> >
> > Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> >
> >>While at the ASULUG Installfest today, a participant dug up a
> document
> >>that Preston Lee, of the ASULUG, put together about a year ago,
> >>describing how to install ndiswrapper and the unmentionable drivers
> for
> >>those pesky chipsets (Broadcom, etal) which have no Linux support
> >>(drivers) from their makers. If you're unfortunate enough to have one
> of
> >>these devices, this document should be a big help with getting your
> >>wireless device up and running, albeit without the full functionality
> of
> >>the device.
> >>
> >>The pdf and tex forms of the document can be found at
> >>http://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0405&L=asulug&P=R10679&I=-3
> >>A good reference to keep handy for installfests.
> >>Thanks to Preston and our "sister" LUG!
> >
>
>

> -- 
> -Eric 'shubes'
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>   it is a collectivist myth.
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>   and individual purposes."
> -William E. Simon (1927-2000),
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>   "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

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