[gobolinux-users] Useful things for laptops

[Lucas C. Villa Real]

On 7/12/06, Rohan Nicholls <rohan.nicholls at pareto.nl> wrote:
> I thought of something else.  Automatic wireless network handling, so
> mind your own business and if you are curious you can easily see if
> there are any wireless networks available.  Actually easy wireless
> network driver handling would be great.  A colleague of mine was
> describing the process (find the windows driver, use the wrapper
> program, and then, and then, "Oh, and it can be a bit flaky"), and I ran
> away, but it is very handy, and again will be important for linux on the
> desktop, as more and more the laptop/portable device will be the norm.

I was just talking with Hisham about wireless support on Gobo
yesterday. The big problem is that many drivers downloads its
firmwares at modprobe time, and these firmwares are, as you can
imagine, not freely (as in speech) distributed.

I've written some scripts to help on the setup of wireless networks,
but they're not that mature yet. We'll probably end with some basic
support, but still relying on a Wiki "how to" entry to guide users on
how to download firmwares and proceed with the initial steps.

-- 
Lucas
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