[ale] Opinions on lightweight laptops?

[Geoffrey]

JK wrote:
> 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..
> 
> Probably they pay to play, and sign any NDAs they need to.

No, you get the source as well.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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