Been putting Gentoo on a refurb IBM ThinkPad T23 today… Overall, it’s pretty cool–even the lame-ass winmodem is supported. But the one thing I figured would be a pain in the ass is rewarding me with exactly my expectation–wireless.
Five years ago, my silly PCMCIA wireless card barely worked in Linux because it was too new. Now it barely works because it’s too old/unsupported.
And, as always, the “just buy a new one” strategy is fraught with peril, as manufacturers seem to be continuing their trend of changing chipsets willy-nilly without changing the model numbers of their products.
Grrrr!!! Snarl!!! Angry words!!!
- Mood:frustrated
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