The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.04 of the Ubuntu family of distributions (more info here and here). Ubuntu 7.04 is also the basis for new 7.04 releases of Kubuntu (screenshots) and Edubuntu. Ubuntu 7.04 will be supported for 18 months on both desktops and servers. Here is a review of Feisty Fawn, and it also seems that Michael Dell has it installed too. Get it while it's hot.
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Member since:2005-07-06
Surely dissapointing but why not just spend a couple bucks and buy one that is well supported? Ubuntu does not seem to be alone with problems with this card.
Running XP because an easily replaced, relatively inexpensive, component does not work in linux sounds to me like someone looking for an excuse not to install linux. I could understand if you said your laptop, or the built in video, but a PCMCIA wireless card that you can replace for around $50?
Edited 2007-04-19 23:20
Member since:2005-08-07
It is for the laptop!
And while fifty dollars might seem like no big deal to you I'd personally prefer to "waste" that couple of bucks on making sure I have food and a place to live. I do most of my internet at public WiFi spots and download my entertainment while talking with friends and hanging out in forums. The last "major" purchase I made was the USB enclosure for one of my spare hard drives I had from more well-funded times. These days I'm not hurting so long as I keep careful track of my spending.
Suffering through XP (and keeping it up to date with nLite and etc) is a pain when I'd prefer to be able to complete my transition but better than having no internet.
Forgive me if my post seemed like a rant, but I've been trying to switch completely to Linux on a full time basis for nearly three or four years now. I converted all my files to open formats and let me tell you as someone who had over a gigabyte of text and HTML archives in self-extracting RAR executables that was no fun... but I did it a little bit at a time.
Just like I've been careful to check my hardware for compatibility before buying it and as a result this PCMCIA card and my Logitech wireless keyboardmouse are the only bits of hardware that remain without complete support--and the Logitech can probably be made 100% with enough time learning how to map those "special" buttons.
This is not a matter of my commitment; it's a matter of being disappointed on the release of the latest Ubuntu, that's all.
--bornagainpenguin
Member since:2005-07-17
seriously, if you're using a PC card wireless anyway, get a compatible card and stop whining about it. It's not that hard to do an hour of legwork online to find a compatible card at a "big box" store to fix your troubles... that's why your computer let's you take the card out of the slot!! I found mine in half an hour browsing wifi sipping pop accross the street from the BigBox store and on sale too! best $50 spent in a long time.
Sorry to be mean, but whining about "linux isn't compatible" with X is getting old.. especially for add-in cards known to be serious problems that are completely outside "linux's" control. If your hardware is glued together (built into your notebook), fine, ask for help, but if you can change to a working card do it! or stop complaining!
Member since:
2005-08-07
..still not supported.
Back to XP I go. I'm getting a bit frustrated with this situation though, because there are indications this card worked fine under 2.4 and the they started to change things and try moving it along with many other PCMCIA cards into the kernel and now its just a mess... One of the people on the Ubuntu forums seems to know how to make it work, but his method seems to require a hex editor and a ethernet connection to make work, and even then once that's done it isn't fully working (no detection in the network applet or a way to select from various wifi sources.)
I guess I'll just put off my migration until I can pick up a new wifi card--whenever that ends up being.
--bornagainpenguin (frustrated especially after hearing all the good things about the improved wifi in this release)