[Discuss] Wireless on Laptop

[John Blomfield]

Murray Strome wrote:
> Some time ago, I asked for help in trying to get a Live CD or DVD 
> LINUX distribution that would properly recognize and configure my 
> wireless card, which is:
> Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG
>
I have an Intel Pro/Wireless 2915BG in my laptop and Fedora 8 Live KDE 
and Fedora 8 Live Gnome makes it work right out of the box. No problem.

John Blomfield

> I had no luck with Knoppix nor with Ubuntu (though Ubuntu at least 
> recognized the card).
>
> On a whim, I just downloaded Mandriva One 2008 CD and tried it. It 
> worked flawlessly!  Also, my sound card works great with it, as does 
> Flash with Firefox.  For what I have tried to this point, it appears 
> to be faster than either (K)Ubuntu or Knoppix. Admittedly, I haven't 
> tried too many things.
>
> Although I have come to like a lot about Kubuntu, at least for now, I 
> will likely be playing with Mandriva on the laptop.
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