31 May
2006
31 May
'06
17:33
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 13:18, Per Jessen wrote:
The problem with not buying products lacking open-source drivers is that you will eliminate a large number (most) of the options for the user to buy.
I beg to differ. So far we use only SUSE Linux, and we've only hit one case where 10.1 did not provide the driver - Atheros wifi. We got it from madwifi instead. Our hardware is very varied - IBM Thinkpads, misc workstations, desktops, Compaq servers.
I was hoping to put Suse 10.1 on my IBM T41 laptop, but with the lack of hardware support for the modem, I'll have to pass.
I've put 10.1 on our newly purchased IBM R51e - no significant problems.
I have yet found no solution to the modem on an IBM Thinkpad X30 with the SmartLink modem.