[NTLUG:Discuss] Ubuntu and the Airport Extreme
Terry
trryhend at gmail.com
Mon Mar 7 12:47:54 CST 2005
From: http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/10/12/airport-extreme-vs-linux/
"It seems that the Airport Extreme chipset manufacturer, Broadcom,
refuses to release Linux drivers or to release specs to allow anyone
else to write Linux drivers."
On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 10:13:27 -0600, Will Senn <will_senn at comcast.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> Anyone using Ubuntu with their Powerbooks (I just installed it)?
> Everything's cool, dual boot and everything... except, I can't get the
> Airport Extreme working and I hate to drag cat5 around. I googled and
> everything seemed to indicate that Qualcomm hadn't 'opened' their spec.
> Ubuntu is somewhat religious about Open, for instance, you have to
> install your own choice of JDK because their isn't a 'free'
> implementation that the Ubuntu guys/gals are comfortable with. Ubuntu is
> Debian based so, I would guess that a Debian PPC driver for Airport
> would work...
>
> Suggestions and comments appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
>
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