On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:32:47 -0400, Pete wrote:

> I've decided to go with Ubuntu 8.041 since most people consider it the
> best for a newbee.
> I want to hook it up wirelessly. What wireless card works really well
> with Ubuntu?
> Tks.

Intel

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> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:32:47 -0400, Pete wrote:
>
>> I've decided to go with Ubuntu 8.041 since most people consider it the
>> best for a newbee.
>> I want to hook it up wirelessly. What wireless card works really well
>> with Ubuntu?
>> Tks.
>
> Intel

OK, Intel. But is there one that can be plugged in and just work after the
included software installation? If this gets too impossible, I'll just hard
wire it.
-Pete

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:32:47 -0400, Pete wrote:

> I've decided to go with Ubuntu 8.041 since most people consider it the
> best for a newbee.
> I want to hook it up wirelessly. What wireless card works really well
> with Ubuntu?
> Tks.

It's not the card, It's the chipset and that's not always easy to
discover prior to purchase.

Are we talking about a PCI card in a desktop here? Edimax are good for
them, I believe. Someone will be along in a minute with the URL of the
website that lists linux-friendly hardware.

BTW, for a newbie I'd recommend you try linuxMint 5(r1) which is based on
ubuntu 8.04.1 but is a bit more hand-holdy and more familiar to those
coming over from the dark side.

Derek Turner schreef:
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:32:47 -0400, Pete wrote:
>
>> I've decided to go with Ubuntu 8.041 since most people consider it the
>> best for a newbee.
>> I want to hook it up wirelessly. What wireless card works really well
>> with Ubuntu?
>> Tks.
>
> It's not the card, It's the chipset and that's not always easy to
> discover prior to purchase.
>
> Are we talking about a PCI card in a desktop here? Edimax are good for
> them, I believe. Someone will be along in a minute with the URL of the
> website that lists linux-friendly hardware.
>
> BTW, for a newbie I'd recommend you try linuxMint 5(r1) which is based on
> ubuntu 8.04.1 but is a bit more hand-holdy and more familiar to those
> coming over from the dark side.

Take a look here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...CardsSupported

You might want to wait for the next release (8.10 Ibex) this
has a new kernel that supports more hardware than the
current.

Herbert

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:37:50 -0400, Pete wrote:

>
> OK, Intel. But is there one that can be plugged in and just work after
> the included software installation? If this gets too impossible, I'll
> just hard wire it.
> -Pete

I've never installed wireless, but if it's anything like other
peripherals, plug it in _before_ installation.

I've had problems with printers on the network which were not switched on
when the installation was 'looking' for them. Getting them recognised
post installation was a nightmare. When I installed a second system, I
made sure that everything (printers, scanners, etc) was 'alive' on the
network, and everything was recognised and installed with no problem.

Keith