On 31/01/13 20:30, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On 2013-01-31 18:46, Paula Graham wrote: >> I've got the i3 version of the Zoostorm laptop - 12.04 installed >> perfectly except wifi chip is a bit of a pain, needs to be hunted down, >> compiled and then recompiled every time the kernel upgrades - native >> driver should be in kernel 3.8. The current driver is a tad flaky, drops >> connection irritatingly. > An important thing to remember when buying laptops is that the wireless > chipset is usual a mini/micro/whatever PCI card and can be swapped out for > something with better support. When I run into a weird/Dell/Broadcom wifi > chipset with bad Linux support, I buy the last-generation Intel chipset on > eBay for £10 and toss the old in a pile somewhere. It's cheaper and easier > than you think it is. Certainly easier than compiling a driver every few > weeks. > > Tyler > I dunno, doesn't seem a huge burden to me - the driver's in a handy folder - it takes all of 20 secs to compile - prefer it to opening a brand new laptop with a perfectly good Realtek chip (and I'm clumsy with hardware). Will just tolerate mild inconvenience, upgrade when 13.04 comes out with kernel 3.8 and native driver - problem solved, feisty laptop with no MS tax for under £400 ;)
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