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February 23, 2006
Might be time for another run at Linux
I was reading the Fedora Core 5 release notes and noticed this:
Support for Broadcom 43xx wireless chipsets (http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/) has been included in the kernel.
Lack of support for the onboard WiFi chipset was one of the major hurdles to trying Linux on the hardware.
Seems that when FC5 comes out I might have to give it a whirl on my PB. I figure if MOL actually works, it might be just the thing. Of course, I suspect that power management under Linux won't be as good as under OS X (I love the fact that closing the lid - and reopening it later - does the right thing) and screen reconfiguration (similar - under OS X, when I attach or detach my external monitor at work, the screen magically reconfigures) will suck, but it might just be worth it...
Posted by dberger at February 23, 2006 6:34 PM