On Jul 17, 2006, at 3:47 PM, Agent M wrote: > There are plenty of PCI wireless NICs to be had for $20 on amazon. > I would bet $17 this is a Realtek card: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BRGFMY/sr=1-2/qid=1153168746/ > ref=pd_bbs_2/104-9159716-2646324?ie=UTF8&s=electronics > > which is fine for home use.
Probably. But it would be really nice if there was an on-line store (or a brick and mortal with an on-line presence) that sold hardware known to work with Linux, rather than having to guess. Something like a Linux section on the Amazon.com store. Or perhaps something closer to what I mean is something like the Apple Store. Everything you get there you know will work with a Mac, even if it's not made by Apple. A quick google brought up the Gentoo Store, which is the right idea, but the wrong products[1]. In addition to CDs, shirts, and swag, it'd be nice to get hardware for creating a Gentoo linux system: mobos, RAM, modems, NICs, wifi, pc cards, scsi, etc. I know that KSPEI sells hardware at the ComputerRoom[2], but I feel bad e-mailing them every time with lots of really basic questions. Another google found one on-line store[3] but they appear to be wholesalers, not retailers. I'll keep looking. But if anyone knows of a store or can recommend one, please do post. [1] http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo/ [2] http://computerroom.us/ [3] http://www.linuxvoodoo.com/store/ Regards, - Robert http://www.cwelug.org/downloads Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
