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I started out with Red Hat 6.0 Professional when you could call a 1-800 number for support up to 30 days.
However, a hobby turned into a career in which I would have never guessed after years of not knowing what I was doing would lead to getting Red Hat Certifications and learning the core of the OS.
Fedora 10 is really nice, in fact I am running it on my Dell XPS M1530, but I run CentOS on other boxes and will be waiting for the release of RHEL6 which will be next year.
Red Hat has really shined when the giants in the software industry were trying to bring them down.
It is amazing how 'free software' has turned out to be a primary choice for the Enterprise. I would have had no idea over 10 years ago, that working with Red Hat Linux would be a daily job function.
However, a hobby turned into a career in which I would have never guessed after years of not knowing what I was doing would lead to getting Red Hat Certifications and learning the core of the OS.
Fedora 10 is really nice, in fact I am running it on my Dell XPS M1530, but I run CentOS on other boxes and will be waiting for the release of RHEL6 which will be next year.
Red Hat has really shined when the giants in the software industry were trying to bring them down.
It is amazing how 'free software' has turned out to be a primary choice for the Enterprise. I would have had no idea over 10 years ago, that working with Red Hat Linux would be a daily job function.
What wireless chipset does your XPS M1530 have? Mine come with a broadcom and having to use ndiswrapper sucks
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you should try the native drivers, b43, they might work
The b43 doesn't work for the device I have AFAIK.
"If you have an USB device with Broadcom chip, please try the RNDIS driver. The b43/b43legacy driver will never support this device."
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43
:(
Would this work?
http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Wifi-Link-Mini-Card/dp/B000QAY00K/re...
It should. Looks like a b/g/n wifi card. I would check your current card to make sure the connector end is the same. If it is I don't see why it wouldn't work. That card has three antennae hook ups, one for each band. Your laptop may only have one or two antennae, so you need to make sure you hook them up for the bands you will be using. Probably only the b band or g band.
Ok, I bought this:
"IntelĀ® WiFi Link 5300"
http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/adapter...
Thanks a lot for your help
Edited 2008-12-04 01:21 UTC
Let me check it out, I would have loaded CentOS 5.2 however the network card would not work with the kernel or it would have taken putting in another kernel and lots of headaches.
I like the Dell XPS, mine has the 1920x1200 display and 7200 rpm hard-drive.
The VPN works like a charm in NetworkManager I am quite impressed with this tool.




