[ale] Opinions on lightweight laptops?

[Geoffrey]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sun September 10 2006 5:18 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
>> You'll find that the Emperor Linux kernels will have support for
>> hardware you won't find support for in other kernels.  They do a
>> really good job of getting this stuff to work.  My 3com G wireless
>> card worked out of the box with the emperor linux kernel.
> so, what do they do that no one else does? how do they DO THAT??
> I guess this sorta piques my interest in kernel drivers, or whatever 
> you call it.... or is this way beyond what we as mere mortals should 
> look into..

At the time I bought the 3com card, there was no support in any kernel 
for the prism54 chipset.  You could get it, but it was a moving target 
and you had to build it yourself.

With my emperor linux kernel, it just worked.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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