Ubuntu on Mac Laptops

[jack jackson]

Thanks Scott and Eric. Eric, I understand that it's going to be a bit tricky
but basically I wonder this:
If I hand compile the driver and install it, will I be able at this stage to
associate with a WiFi Access Point and communicate while WPA or at the very
least WEP encrypted? I'm all for geeking and tweaking to get to that point,
but if I can do that it would be great

Thanks,
JJ

On 1/17/06, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Airport Extreme works, but it's alpha quality software at this stage
> -- not for the faint of heart as Jack wrote.
>
> Patience (this code has been a few years in the making) :-). I'm sure
> there are a _lot_ of hackers (and maybe even a programmer or two)
> frenetically trying to get Airport Extreme (aka Broadcom chipset)
> working flawlessly and _easily_.
>
> Eric.
>
> On 1/17/06, jack jackson <jackson.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Bob, were you agreeing with my question that it's important for the
> airport
> > to work, or was that an enthusiastic YES, meaning that indeed it works?
> >
> > On 1/14/06, Bob Nielsen <nielsen at oz.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Jan 14, 2006, at 7:42 AM, jack jackson wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Also, with current kernels(2.6.15) you can get the airport extreme
> to
> > > > work, but it is kinda hard and not for the faint of heart.
> > >
> > > YES!  My dual-boot mini doesn't get much use out of breezy without a
> > > driver for AirPort.
> > >
> > > > Can you point to a How to? I am desperate to get this to work
> > > > because if I can depend on it working I can have my work buy me a
> > > > new iBook and I can load Breezy on it - the best of all worlds.
> > > > Also I remember with my powerbook and hoary there were issues with
> > > > the mouse because it used a USB mouse which wasn't supported. I
> > > > guess that's solved?
> > >
> > > The USB mouse works perfectly for me.
>
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