[ale] Linux for "normal" people?

[Jay Loden]

Well, the specific reason for recommending that particular card and chipset 
was that it's supported by almost every distro without having to buy a 
driver, mess with a driver, or do anything else for that matter except 
install Linux. 

Yes, you can get almost any card to work, but having had the experience of 
spending three days and hours of screwing around getting a D-Link card to 
work, versus buying a couple cards for 20-30 bucks that worked by plugging 
them in, I'll take that one any day :)

As for purchasing one in a local store, there I cannot help because I'm 
located several states away.
-Jay

On Friday 19 November 2004 04:35 pm, Holmquist, Thomas W. wrote:
> Actually, it doesn't matter... Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, etc.
> What you have to look for is if the card is based on a Prism chipset.
> Prism chipsets and a handful of  a few other chipsets are all that Linux
> currently supports. Although I haven't been keeping up with wireless
> support on Linux, I think pretty much any card will work now (some require
> drivers that cost $$$ though)
>