You can Google for it and will find lots of links. One such discussion is here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297092&page=131
Ndiswrapper allows you to use Windows wireless drivers in Linux. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NdisWrapper One of the advantages of Ubuntu over Mint is the documentation, although much of it will apply to Mint as long as you know the equivalent versions. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper Linux Mint 5 (Elyssa) = Ubuntu 8.04 (LTS version of Ubuntu, supported for three years) Linux Mint 6 (Felicia) = Ubuntu 8.10 (latest version of each, supported for two years) It is generally considered preferrable to use the Linux driver where it is available. Note that hardware detection is mostly done by the kernel. The latest version has better detection in general. The LTS version is based on an older kernel, but has longer support. I would recommend that you try Felicia first and hope that it is supported out of the box. Discussion in the first link seemed to indicate that 8.04 (equivalent to Elyssa) did not work as well with your card, but there is no discussion of 8.10 there. Good luck! Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ________________________________ From: MuskokaCowboy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:42:02 AM Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Looking for a recommendation re: Linux on a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop 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. Thanks again, Dave __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ 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/
