On Sunday 10 July 2016 07:02:42 kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Linux has come a long way! I have been dreading to go wireless on my > desktop for a while. A while ago, the process was like this - grab > drivers from manufacters website, custom compile kernels, read > documentation on how to connect to a password encrypted network. If > something does not work, search google, ask on mailing > lists/IRC/friends or read source code to find a hacky solution. > > Today I simply plugged in the USB adapter, clicked a button on the KDE > panel to select a wireless network, entered the password! Boom! > > Many many thanks to all the developers who made this possible. > > During early 2000s people did similar hacky stuff to get graphics > cards working. After a while, they started working seemlessly. Now the > time has come for wireless? Any experiences to share?
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