On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:01:06 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote:

> Richard Hector wrote:

[snip]

> > the local one I'm looking at seems to have Intel wireless, while others
> > I've seen in howtos have Broadcom. Anybody know if these are any good?
> 
> Warning!  Broadcom wifi is right now completely without native linux
> driver support.  I would avoid it explicitly until that changes.  They
> seem to be completely uninterested in supporting FLOSS drivers.

Atheros has excellent (but with a non-free driver component) linux
support, probably the best there is.  At one point Toshiba was using
Atheros mini-pci cards, IIRC.  I don't have current information. 

> Bob

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