IIRC the drivers require non-free stuff, or there was some other reason they weren't accepted into the mainstream kernel.
See recent Linux Journal for a card that's supportable by Linux w/o proprietary drivers or go with a distrib (e.g. Ubuntu or Xandros or Knoppix) that doesn't mind distributing non-free modules. It should not surprise you that corporate distrutions might have drivers included that DFSG-free distribs would not. According to Jim Crossley, > I recently installed Ubuntu 5.0.4, and my wireless card (D-Link > DWL-G650) just worked. > > I then installed Debian 3.1, and found that it ignored my wireless > card. Googling a bit left me with the impression that getting Debian > to recognize my card is relatively complicated, e.g. > > http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi > http://www.ituprising.com/howto/dlink_dwlg650.html > > Do I really have to do this or is there an easier way? > > TIA, > Jim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards, Tony -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]