On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 04:42:02PM -0000, MuskokaCowboy wrote: > Thanks for all of your replies. I appreciate it very much. It looks > like keeping XP and installing Linux Mint in a dual boot setup is the > way I'll start. My wireless card is a Broadcom 1390 wlan. I did a > quick google but didn't find whether this card is supported out of the > box by Mint. Does anyone know or have a link to a Howto to get this > card working? My wireless router is a Linksys with dd-wrt v24 > firmware. I will let you know how I am making out.
The router shouldn't make any difference. Mint is pretty good with all the cards save that Atheros. A friend on Fedora Forums and I have fun grousing about that decision. Rants are fun. :) http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=98 indicates that the driver will be there. It looks as if you can use the b43-fwcutter to get it working. (Judging from a post about Ubuntu.) http://flavor8.com/index.php/2008/06/08/howto-broadcom-1390-wireless-on-ubuntu-hardy/ I can't be much help with it as I don't have the cad, so have no experience. However, I suspect that if you go to either Mint or Ubuntu forums, if you have issues, you'll be able to get it working. It doesn't look as if it will be completely painless, but it doesn't seem too impossible either, as far as I can tell. Do keep in mind that using Linux will involve a learning curve--yeah, Ubuntu and Fedora tell you how great they are, and how much better than Windows and all that---it's called advertising, Get over it people. :) -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Willow: Old reliable? Yeah, great. There's a sexy nickname. Buffy: Well, I didn't mean it as... Willow: No, it's fine, I'm Old Reliable. Xander: She just means, you know, the geyser. You're like a geyser of fun that goes off at regular intervals. Willow: That's Old Faithful. Xander: Isn't that the dog that the guy had to shoot...? Willow: That's Old Yeller. Buffy: Xander, I beg you not to help me. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
