Linux on the Laptop
I have wasted the past 3 weeks trying to install Linux on my Sony VAIO laptop and succeded a few days ago. However, here’s the bummer - there is minimal support for my wireless card. I have a built in LAN-Express wireless card with an Atheros chipset and the only project I know of that supports that chipset is the madwifi project.
However, they don’t have any releases yet. I downloaded their souce code from the CVS repository and come to find out that in order for me to have those drivers work, I would need the source code for my kernel. I don’t have a clue how to do that. I downloaded what looked like a kernel source code from the CD - something called Linux 2.6.4 i.586.RPM. But apparantly that didn’t do the trick.
I am so frustrated at this point that I think I’m gonna give up. Now I understand why Windows is the most popular OS out there - because the end user is pampered!
Anybody have any tips on how to use Windows in a more command-line like fashion? Basically wanna be able to code on linux servers by SSH’ing and using Emacs and am sick and tired of seeing Black & White!
September 21st, 2005 at 11:26 pm
The UM Linux Users Group is holding an installfest next week (Thursday, Sep 29) at 5pm. You can bring your laptop there and they will help you install Linux on it. If you can’t make it or something, let me know and I’ll see what I can do. Getting the kernel source code is not that difficult and there may be other methods to get the wireless to work. Good luck.
September 22nd, 2005 at 9:59 am
why toworry so much just try windows xp latest edition .i betcha U`ll love it than any other o.s.
September 22nd, 2005 at 7:55 pm
You can change the colors in MS-DOS if you don’t want to see black and white anymore.
Also, for word processors, you can change it with Windows Display Options.
IF you go back to Windows.
October 20th, 2005 at 12:47 am
good work pranav