[brlug-general] OS Poll Time.

[Petri Laihonen]

It is ThinkPad Z60t (Probably one of the last models before changing the 
sticker into Lenovo)

Internal wifi is well supported Atheros Chipset, however I suspect the 
IBM signature in it screwed up some things. For instance when I tried 
with Ubuntu 8.10, and many other distros within the past few years, I 
can see all the wireless networks, but not connect to them. (encrypted 
or not, made no difference....)

And yes, one can replace the built in wireless. I already considered 
replacing the built in wireless with intel wifi (some models come with 
intel by default), but then I tried Mandriva 2008, and Voila.....  
Everything worked out of the box. Overall, I have been quite satisfied 
with Mandriva. Especially since I know, the perfect distro for me does 
not exist yet.

Petri

willhill wrote:
> Oh no, what kind of thinkpad is that?  Can you replace the wireless?  I've 
> gotten so used to built in wifi that I'd hate to go back to pcimcia or 
> similar.
>
> I use Debian for it's freedom and will avoid a laptop that won't work with 
> free software.  It's easier for me and rewards good hardware companies.  
>
> On Thursday 28 August 2008, Petri Laihonen wrote:
>   
>> (The only distro I have found where my ThinkPad integrated wireless
>> works correctly)
>>     
>
>
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