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Re: Using USB Wireless sticks with Linux

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From: Avid Fan
Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 13:49
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atec 7 7 wrote:
> Avid Fan wrote:
>> I think I could convince my work to switch over to Linux if I could 
>> get the wireless card to work.
>>
>> Linux should be ready to go corporate.
>>
>> I remember a company called Hasta la Vista that was trying to convert 
>> corporates to Linux.
> Unix is MUCH older than winblows.. nothing to convert people to if they 
> know the facts

Unix is not Linux

I don't know what you mean?  Linux is so close now that many corporates 
are using web based software.

Inability to use USB wireless is a deal breaker.

Fix the USB wireless issue and we have a contender.

Or are we all happy with 1% usage???

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=4286
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