On 11/13/06, Jonathon Conte <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >From: "Robert Snyder" <robertsnyder@gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cheap'n good laptops for Linux
> >Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:26:30 -0500
> >
> >I happen to use the a broadcom in my hp. mainly because it was a simply
> a
> >better card than the intel pro b/g card that I got from the same model
> >hp. Broadcom worked the best for me. But anyway I been using the driver
> >since its inception when it was really buggy but not it stable and kismet
> >works great.
> >
> >There is no reason to turn down a laptop just because it has a broadcom
> >chipet for the wifi.
>
> I'm curious to know what distro you are running. Did you have to compile
> the
> broadcom driver, bcm43xx, yourself?
Slackware 10.2 and 11.0
Custom compile 2.6 kernel and yes I rolled the driver my self.
I have also had not had any problems with debian either.
Jonathon
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