learning how to use it efficiently can involve a learning experience indeed. However, no viruses, or malware, virtually hackproof, and usually completely free, yeh, better than Windows by a long shot.
Justin Scott wrote: > > 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 <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/ > > <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/
