Re: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Don't buy from NETGEAR

2005-04-06 Thread W.Kenworthy
How else do we know about problem hardware and vendors with Linux - if it is fixable we get to know about it, if not we find out why and gain from that. Is this gentoo relevant? Yes and no - such publicity is what makes manufacturers sit up and take notice and gentoo as well as linux in general

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Don't buy from NETGEAR

2005-04-06 Thread Martoni
On Apr 6, 2005 5:32 AM, Matthew Marlowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Netgear used to make decent network cards, but that stopped 3-4 years ago.To my knowledge, linksys and dlink never had a great reputation to beginwith. Usually our Netgear stuff works. What actually broke was DLink switches. We were

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Don't buy from NETGEAR

2005-04-05 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Grant: I've been screwed over by Netgear for being a Linux user and I need to spread the word. I've been having a seriously difficult time getting my Gentoo machines reliably connected to my wireless network for almost 6 months. The software end of things is finally rock solid and

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Don't buy from NETGEAR

2005-04-05 Thread Spider
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 15:43 -0700, darren kirby wrote: quoth the Grant: I've been screwed over by Netgear for being a Linux user and I need to spread the word. I've been having a seriously difficult time getting my Gentoo machines reliably connected to my wireless network for almost 6

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Don't buy from NETGEAR

2005-04-05 Thread Matthew Marlowe
Allthough I am not sure this is the best place for a personal rant against some company, I am sorry to hear of your bad luck. Maybe not, but here is another one that is a prime example of why not to trust netgear: I'm not sure that it's reasonable to signle out netgear here. All the