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Linked by Adam S on Wed 23rd May 2007 23:54 UTC

If online articles and blogs are any indication of things, the number of Linux users migrating to, and satisfied with, Ubuntu GNU/Linux seems to be staggering. Given that, it was only a matter of time before a capable company had the resources to offer accessible, affordable Linux desktops and notebooks that delivered the way that Apple's products have. Colorado-based System76 sent us their Darter Ultra for review, and proved that there is an OEM hardware/software combination capable of being the primary PC for the general public.

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by fsckit on Thu 24th May 2007 01:28 UTC

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2006-09-24

Unless it's a very non-standard Ubuntu install it certainly does search for wireless connections out of the box. I just got through installing Ubuntu 3 days ago on the DELL D820 my job gave me and the network manager applet right at the top of the screen shows every ssid the card can reach with absolutely no user setup.

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by Eugenia on Thu 24th May 2007 01:32 in reply to "??"

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2005-06-28

Please read more carefully. Adam is speaking of the network settings, not NetworkManager. NetworkManager which sits in the panel does search for networks, as long as the driver allows it to do so.

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by fsckit on Thu 24th May 2007 01:37 in reply to "RE: ??"

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I know what he was referring to. Now exactly why would a network "settings" app search for an ssid? It's not for on-the-fly network switching. It's for configuring the network. Had he looked in the proper place, as in right-in-front-of-his-face he would have seen that it does search out ssids for that purpose.

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