I posted a thread on the Mint forum.
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=14222&p=88033#p
Take a look and tell me what you think.
Ray
There are two different kinds of wireless under Linux.
Native and ndiswrapper.
ndiswrapper works, sort of. It uses a wrapper around Windows drivers.
Native drivers use their own drivers and tend to implement all of the required features.
ndiswrapper is a quick hack to get some functionality out of a wireless device.
You can spend a lot of time trying to get hardware working with ndiswrapper.
Or you can use fully supported hardware like the RT series of chips.
I like this one.
Linux Mint 5
June 28, 2008.. Review
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It’s been a while since I did a technological (read: geek) blog, so I thought I would update you on what’s going on.
As you are aware, I am a full-fledged geek by trade and passion and I have gone from Windows to Mac to Linux. My Linux evolution went from Linspire to Mepis to PCLinuxOS to Ubuntu. I stayed with PCLinuxOS and Ubuntu for the longest. However, I have always read good things about another distribution called Linux Mint. It’s based on the latest Ubuntu release but with a lot of add-ons. The latest version is called Linux Mint 5, Elyssa. So, at the office, I downloaded the latest iso and tried it out to see how it all worked.
First of all, there are always some things I keep in mind when trying any new Linux distro, the primary thing being, ‘How would the average user feel about using this OS?’ ‘Is it (very) simple to install? Is it easy to use? Is it easy to get help? Is it easy to add or remove applications? Is the terminal (command line) used a lot?’ In my opinion, all of these are valid questions, especially if I am looking to recommend an open source alternative to proprietary software or hardware. Which I am always looking for.