Drivers for everything to exist. This is not true for Linux since you are part of the solution. i.e. if you want to write a driver and contribute it then everyone benefits.
For others the best thing to do is to research what cards are known to work with the distro they like and then install such a card.
Bob
Hi All,
I have recently downloaded a few Linux Live CD's to have a mess around with and to look how Linux looks and feels, these being Topogolinux, Fedora, Linspire and Ubuntu. I was also brave and installed Mandriva 10.1 on my other PC to have a play around with.
The major difficulty I see from all of them is the complex issues associated with the internet and WLAN. I dont have the benefit of running a cable to my Network card so I have to rely on my WLAN for my internet connection. Having read several posts from all the forums on the above named Linux Distro's they all pose a problem. I could go out and buy an old 801b card that has Linux drivers available but it would be so nice to use the hardware I have. I can see that their are packages available to utilise windows drivers but when they describe how to install them and so forth I myself am lost in a myriad of Linux Jargon. Together with this Linux Jargon I see endless answers of opening a Command Prompt (to install software or to make certain programs work) and inserting text after text. Albeit I am great with the copy and paste function without the internet I cant even read the forum to copy and paste from.
Could anybody recommend to me a distro that is great for a Newbie and one that could quite possibly offer me my WLAN connection. From reading through the forums I see that NDSIWrapper is a popular software of choice and I see that my Trendnet WLAN card is supported or the Texas Instruments chip is but I will be buggered if I can get it to work and if at all I can find it in some of the distro's.
Many thanks in advance for any tips, helps or suggestions whether it be stick with Windows or come on climb aboard.
Chris

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