I couldn't help but post a link to this amazing quitar playing of Andy Mckee:
http://www.youtube.com/...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Intel 3945 wireless at Linux
Edited - this problem is solved at these to 2 posts: 1 and 2.
In this post I'm going to gather all the information I'm able to find regarding the wireless solutions for the 3945 wireless conneciton of Intel cards. It seems to me, that in linux there are three ways to connect this specific wireless thing 3945:
1. Using the older (and stable as of the date of writing this post) ipw driver
2. Using the newer (and under heavy development) iwl driver
3. Using ndiwswrapper and the drivers for windows
Now it seems to me, that the newer driver is going to be integrated in the Kernel of Linux (if I'm not wrong about that) as of version 2.6.22 etc (that means, in Ubuntu Gutsy probably; right now there are packages for Arch Linux and Sidux, if I'm not wrong about that; not sure about the stability and quality though). I'm impatiently looking forward to testing this on mu Ubuntu Linux. The results of my attempts to connect to a wifi network are going to be posted as well.
The drivers for Windows, which seem to be working with ndiswrapper, are for "Windows* XP", and the driver is NETw4x32.INF
I'm going to post here all the links I have gathered, for to have success in connecting this 3945 thing to the internet:
The bible of linux drivers, sections 4.8 and 4.9 -> LINK
HOWTO for setting up and using ndiswrapper -> LINK
A table for the switching of the RF switch -> LINK
In this post I'm going to gather all the information I'm able to find regarding the wireless solutions for the 3945 wireless conneciton of Intel cards. It seems to me, that in linux there are three ways to connect this specific wireless thing 3945:
1. Using the older (and stable as of the date of writing this post) ipw driver
2. Using the newer (and under heavy development) iwl driver
3. Using ndiwswrapper and the drivers for windows
Now it seems to me, that the newer driver is going to be integrated in the Kernel of Linux (if I'm not wrong about that) as of version 2.6.22 etc (that means, in Ubuntu Gutsy probably; right now there are packages for Arch Linux and Sidux, if I'm not wrong about that; not sure about the stability and quality though). I'm impatiently looking forward to testing this on mu Ubuntu Linux. The results of my attempts to connect to a wifi network are going to be posted as well.
The drivers for Windows, which seem to be working with ndiswrapper, are for "Windows* XP", and the driver is NETw4x32.INF
I'm going to post here all the links I have gathered, for to have success in connecting this 3945 thing to the internet:
The bible of linux drivers, sections 4.8 and 4.9 -> LINK
HOWTO for setting up and using ndiswrapper -> LINK
A table for the switching of the RF switch -> LINK
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sidux
Today I tried Sidux LiveCD, with kde-lite. It is indeed very fast, being very fast even from the CD; I did not install it on my system, but I guess it would be much faster (I'm almost sure about that). Still, feeling comfortable with my Ubuntu install (with Gnome DE), I'm not going to switch to Sidux that easy. I have to admit though, that it was amazing; I find it much better than Kubuntu (and it was faster from the livecd than Kubuntu being installed on my machine, or at least felt so). It is somehow easier to configure than Kubuntu. Also, the liveCD boots much faster than Knoppix, which really amazed me, cause Knoppix is intended for such use.
Sidux uses KDE DE, the other major Desktop Environment besides Gnome. Sidux impressed me. I think that it is very good right now, and very promising as well. If I wasn't settled down with Ubuntu, I would probably run it as a primary system of mine.
The other thing I liked seemed to be the fine documentation; I was able to easily find out what I need exactly for to be able to run wi-fi. It was a pleasant surprise as well, though I haven't tried the connection actually "on the battlefield", I guess it should be not so hard to set-up.
All in all, Sidux is impressive; if I have the time, I'm going to keep my eye on it - cause it deserves at least this.
Sidux uses KDE DE, the other major Desktop Environment besides Gnome. Sidux impressed me. I think that it is very good right now, and very promising as well. If I wasn't settled down with Ubuntu, I would probably run it as a primary system of mine.
The other thing I liked seemed to be the fine documentation; I was able to easily find out what I need exactly for to be able to run wi-fi. It was a pleasant surprise as well, though I haven't tried the connection actually "on the battlefield", I guess it should be not so hard to set-up.
All in all, Sidux is impressive; if I have the time, I'm going to keep my eye on it - cause it deserves at least this.