On Saturday 27 January 2007 17:16, Nick Rout wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:07:53 +1300 > > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:20:32 +1300 > > > > Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > (And I can say that I am quite impressed with this version of openSuse > > > - I have installed it on two laptops and got wireless working) > > > > I'm not really sure why this is so astonishing, wireless has been pretty > > stable in linux for a while now. > > > > Naturally some chipsets are not supported, but I understand you have > > atheros cards, which are pretty stable. > > > > It is nice when things work "out of the box" - but wireless isn't really > > all that difficult. > > Perhaps what I am saying is that getting wireless going on linux is nore > about the gear you buy than the distro you run.
What I was trying to say was that I (that is me, with all of my shortcomings) got it working - that is what was astonishing.
