hoary preview at PPC - any luck with wireless or bluetooth ?

[Eric Dunbar]

On Apr 9, 2005 4:14 AM, volvoguy <volvoguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 22, 2005 12:59 AM, Philippe Landau <lists at mailry.net> wrote:
> 
> > > Does anyone know whether bluetooth or wireless
> >  > is supported on PowerPC version of Hoary ?
> > yes, a friend's iBook (G3) airport wireless
> > was running better with ubuntu then with MacOS X
> > a month ago already :-)
> 
> It depends on the machine. My (current model) 12" iBook G4 has an
> Airport Extreme (or whatever they call 802.11g) and it doesn't work
> with Linux at all. I've been searching pretty hard since Christmas for
> a USB wireless stick that'll work, but haven't found anything yet. I
> can't wait until I find something... It's just not fun to chat and
> email about Ubuntu from within OS X. :o)

If you can't get a good reference for a working USB 802.11b or .11g
stick, check out www.yellowdoglinux.com and their list archives as
per:
<http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-ca&q=site:terrasoftsolutions.com+usb+802.11b&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8>.

Also, there's a less than explicit FAQ at
<http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.0/usb-802.11b-key.shtml>
that shows success with two USB dongles.

You may have luck at:
<http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/snipsnap-search?query=usb+802.11b&submit=Search>
(you may have to wait... the site seems ultra-slow at the moment)

And, of course, you should've started with the Ubuntu wiki at:
<http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/HardwareSupportComponentsWirelessNetworkCards/view?searchterm=usb%20and%20802.11b>

Eric.