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From: Danno on 23 Jan 2010 00:00
Neil Jones wrote:

> Last week I got a new Asus EeePC 1005HA. My goal was to install Debian
> on it which some users claim is the best distro for a netbook. Yes, I
> did read their wiki, printed instructions and on and on. A week later,
> I could only get wired network working. Later I tried Slackware and
> Fedora, where only the wired network works (on Fedora). The only
> successful distro was Ubuntu which of all the reason is not my favorite
> distribution. I prefer a "root" user accont for administrative tasks
> and not type in the password for each package install.
>
> Ok, enough of venting. Now I want to know which hardware vendors are
> most Linux friendly?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help.
>
> Regards,
>
> NJ
>
> PS - I have been using Linux since 92. My preffered distribution is
> Slackware.


I just took an interest wireless recently, put a Slackware 13.0 install
down on a PC with an ath5k card and could barely connect with anything.
There have been a tremendous number of improvements on the Atheros modules
since the base 2.6.29.6. I built a 2.6.32.3 and booted - what a difference
(no more ndiswrapper or mdawifi). The AR9285 chipset shows supports by the
new ath9k module.
http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k#supported_chipsets

I'd consider building a new kernel under Slack13.0 on that EEE before
giving up entirely.


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Slackware 12.2, 2.6.27.7, Core i7 920, GeForce 8400 GS
RLU #272755
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