[ubuntu-in] Introduction

[Onkar Shinde]

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Mir Nazim <mirnazim at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Manish <manishsinha.tech at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jagrut Badani wrote:
>>> Perhaps, the only issue in migrating on Lenovo R52 will be running the
>>> Wireless connection as some sites pointed it out, though they say this
>>> problem can be overcome.
>>>
>> I dont think it would be of a problem. I found out that R52 has "Intel
>> Wireless 2200" Wireless Card which has an open source driver IMHO.
>> Just try out ubuntu, I hope wireless should work out of box. "Intel(R)
>> PRO/Wireless 2200BG Driver for Linux" project is hosted on
>> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
>
> Yup. I have seen this particular wireless working on all Ubuntu based distros.

My dad's laptop has either Intel 2100 or 2200 wireless chipset. Don't
remember which one exactly. But it has worked flawlessly out of box
since I installed Ubuntu on it 2 years ago. You don't need to download
any drivers.


Onkar