Jeanette wrote:
Cards with atheros chipset seem to work well. However a lot of distros
consider the atheros firmware "not free enough" and won't include it on
the CD meaning you need to connect with a wired connection first to
install the firmware.
Also the Intel wireless works well.
But this wireless usually comes with laptops with centrino chipsets.
Shad wrote:
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> Now I need some advices.
> - which wireless? should I throw the card. or different linux is a
> solution. ( maybe piece of cake with newest Debian release)
>
> **I've found that the wireless support on different linux distros tends
> to be pretty much the same, all using the same generic wireless drivers.
> as long as your linux kernel is recent, you should be alright. I think
> youre going in the right direction with a recent version of debian. The
> easiest way to get wireless working is to check to see which cards are
> supported by the version of linux youre planning to install and then go
> buy one. *shrugs*
>
> -is there any easy to use remote admin desktop solution which accept
> me to reach from windows platform to Linux ?
>
> **Yep. RealVNC or TightVNC are both multi platform and easy to set up
> and install. one isnt free, one is. check them both out tho.
>
> - which desktop, which web, admin tools? Or should I forget desktop
> desktop, visual admin and go for old style Telnet? I want minimal
> configuration. so I need advice about package content.
>
> **If you want minimal configuration, then really you should be looking
> at just going with the flow and most distros will install kde as
> default. if you have a choice, go for something less bulky but NOT user
> unfriendly. XFCE is a good choice in this area.
>
> As for server software, the easiest to set up has to be LAMPP from
> www.apachefriends. org. It's free and the setup is documented and mainly
> self automated. it's a walk in the park really.
>
> If you DO have problems with XFCE altho im sure you won't you can try
> fluxbox which was one of my faves for a while. also, remember that LAMPP
> will run quite happily without a window manager at all.
>
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