[SLL] Ubuntu upgrades, etc. (was: Re: Mandriva anyone?)

[jkeating]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:35:36 -0700
Glenn Stone <technoshaman at liawol.org> wrote:

> Actually, it's Gutsy Gibbon you'd be monkeying around with; they're
> going beta just now and will formally release next month.  I'm
> looking forward to it as this is the one with the 2.6.22(?) kernel,
> the one with the new WiFi stack in it.  Certain wifi cards really
> don't like encryption without it. (I understand that if you have
> Feisty Fawn you can re-point sources.list and nab *just* the kernel
> and associated tools and then point back, but since I'm a stodgy old
> greybeard down on Dapper Drake, no such luck.


We've been using that kernel and wireless stack in the Fedora devel
tree, leading up to Fedora 8 in a couple months.  I'm typing this on a
new dell laptop that has the intel 4965 wireless that is just working
out of the box (we include the firmware for it now that it's
redistributable) with NetworkManager.  It's a beautiful thing.

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