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Intel Releases Linux Driver For Centrino WLAN

Posted by timothy on from the usefulness dept.

Werner Heuser writes "Finally Intel has made their different announcements about Linux support for the WLAN part of the Centrino technology become true. Though not yet officially announced an Open-Source driver with included firmware is available at SourceForge. The driver is still experimental and supposed to work with 2.4 Kernels as well as with 2.6 ones." (See these previous stories for some background.)

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  1. Re:From ipw2100_main.c by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Duh. Its checking if there are any processed packets ready to release. Any moron can see that. Go back to CS 101.

  2. Re:Don't bother yet, its not finished by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    After promising and promising to support Linux we get this. A crappy not finished driver. I suppose I'm supposed to be happy that Intel finally started to work on this after like what, a year after we should have had support? Sorry Intel but screw off.

    The first rule of Bitch Club is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT BITCH CLUB. Untwist your panties, dude, take a deep breath, and count to ten.

  3. Re:OT: The Borg Icon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Correction: apparently the original message was moderated as off-topic, which is correct. This gave it a -1 if people left their default offtopic adjustment to 0, causing it to disappear on 99% of Slashdot reader's web display. Thus, it wasn't "deleted", but just coincidentally removed from all but a handleful of people that want to see off-topic posts.

    Ironically, I can't find a Microsoft story to post on so that it is "on topic", which is my point. Clearly we need unmoderated forums on Slashdot so we can discuss things that Slashdot's moderation inherently discourages.

  4. Re:Too little, too late -- My new iBook just rocks by op00to · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What a waste. The Ibook is huge, and makes you look like a total poofter. Why don't you carry around a purse, too? My thinkpad gets me LAID!