[xubuntu-users] Help Installing Wifi Cards

[Vincent]

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:04 PM, Evan Murri <elm1688 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> My name is Evan Murri.
>
> I doubt I will ever be proficient in Linux.  Perhaps I am
> too old or just not willing to put in all the time it takes
> (I bought a Mac a couple years ago and wasn't willing to
> put in the time to learn a new OS).
>
> Anyway, I have a few old computers that I want to
> convert to Xubuntu and give to my 3 kids (autistic boy 17
> and 11 and 14 year old daughters) to use at their mother's
> house.  They live with her.
>
> I can do everything but install Wifi cards (PCI or USB).
> Their mother has Wifi and a computer is fairly useless
> to a kid without the Internet.
>
> I am trying to find someone or some store with Linux
> expertise sufficient to install Wifi cards (I have several
> cards that I have used with Windows machines, but am
> willing to buy new cards if necessary).
>
> I live in Pomona, CA and would like someone close, if
> possible, but am willing to drive to find (preferably a
> store) someone who could help me.  I am very willing to
> pay a reasonable fee.
>
> I even heard about the So. Cal. Linux Expo by LAX, and
> thought I would go there until I saw that it's the same
> weekend that I'm getting married (not the way to start
> a new marriage).
>

No I would think so :P

I'm not from California, but if you don't manage to find someone on this
list, you might want to give it a try with the California local Ubuntu team:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam

That said, mostly (when it works) wireless cards don't need to be
"installed" - when you got Xubuntu running they're supposed to work.


>
> I'm sure there must be some user, or preferably some
> Linux store that could help me.  I just don't know where
> to look or how to find them.
>
> Any info you might have would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Evan Murri
>

Good luck,

-- 
Vincent
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