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Linux' Laptop Weakness is Wireless Support
Until Linux widely supports a variety of wireless cards - whether new, new but originally intended for Windows, or legacy - Linux laptops will be too narrow of a market to matter.

It simply doesn't matter that Linux is a wonderful operating system, with truly useful apps, if it is not convenient to take any modern laptop, install the latest Ubuntu, Fedora, or whatever, and immediately get wireless access to the Internet. And (as a general matter) you can't now.
Posted by: wfranklin20005   Posted on: 08/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I bet  btidwell | 08/26/08
RE: Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?  NoFunDon | 08/26/08
Laptop Linux?  rapson | 08/26/08
Linux is cheaper than Windows  Michael Kelly | 08/26/08
How you like your Eee?  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 08/26/08
Shoulda waited for the Atoms  Michael Kelly | 08/26/08
Oh, I agree...  rapson | 08/26/08
It is also that MS does not offer anything really lean and mean to just  DonnieBoy | 08/26/08
Even Linux is overkill for this task  balsover | 08/27/08
Complete SaaS service??? the windows stuff back at the office!! - NT  raycote | 08/26/08
Linux filling in niches nicely.  hamobu | 08/26/08
RE: Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?  douglh | 08/26/08
Still, it is one more thing that enables certain groups of users to switch  DonnieBoy | 08/26/08
If you can DDNS and port forward on your router  Michael Kelly | 08/26/08
SSH  daengbo | 08/27/08
Inaccurate. Works fine on Linux  dave.leigh@... | 08/26/08
Remote log-in tricks, together with the increasing viability of web apps,  DonnieBoy | 08/26/08
Lo  dave.leigh@... | 08/26/08
You bring up some very good points. VNC is great, but, it requires that the  DonnieBoy | 08/26/08
Why?  dave.leigh@... | 08/26/08
Not in my experience  JDThompson | 09/07/08
My killer app  20kwfence | 08/27/08
Linux' Laptop Weakness is Wireless Support  wfranklin20005 | 08/27/08
RE: Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?  mockingbirdfan | 08/27/08
Corporate Policies  dave.leigh@... | 08/27/08
RE: Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?  MichaelSM | 08/27/08
RE: Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?  caddman1steve@... | 08/28/08
LogMeIn is EXCELLENT  kokuryu | 08/29/08
the netbook screen is to small to control your desktop  mikeymike76@... | 09/08/08
Re: the netbook screen is too small to control your desktop  apta | 09/09/08

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