23 Jun
2007
23 Jun
'07
6:35 p.m.
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
On 6/18/07, *david* <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
<mailto:gnome@hawaii.rr.com>>
wrote:
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
Hmm, the Atheros wireless chipsets seem to have good support in general
- I'd think one of theirs would work. Don't know about audio chips - my
cheapie is an Intel and it works good enough for my composition work.
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Alas, me, I can't get my ethernet, wireless,
or audio to work
with any
linux. Got the machine in November, and
supposedly those issues have
been worked out, but I can't get around them.
So I guess a gotcha is if you don't check all the hardware for
drivers
first.
My understanding is that there are still fewer 64-bit device drivers
than 32-bit ones. I don't know. Only computer I've encountered that
wouldn't run Linux was an old Dell; it would try to boot but nothing I
tried would get it past freezing. But I'm a bottom feeder, 64-bit
machines aren't in my price range.
I hear that. Apparently the only 64-bit machines in my price range take
the lowest bidder for wireless and audio chips.