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Dr. Deb

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Nov 1, 2009, 6:50:05 PM11/1/09
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A lot like Windows. Looks pretty works lousy. No "working" ndiswrapper and
the madwifi will not recognize my old Linksys card. Ergo, I am dead in the
water.

Deb

philo

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Nov 1, 2009, 7:36:02 PM11/1/09
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you don't need no stinkin' computer or operating system

get one of these:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybYxkt3UxU

Dan C

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Nov 1, 2009, 7:38:20 PM11/1/09
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On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:50:05 -0600, Dr. Deb wrote:

> A lot like Windows.

Nope.

> Looks pretty works lousy.

Nope.

> No "working" ndiswrapper

Only a clueless Win-droid would use such a thing, anyway.

> and the madwifi will not recognize my old Linksys card.

I'm pretty sure 'madwifi' is deprecated, and that chipset is supported by
a driver called 'ath5k' or 'ath9k' or something similar.

> Ergo, I am dead in the water.

No, just clueless.


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atec 7 7

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Nov 1, 2009, 7:58:46 PM11/1/09
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http://www.w1hkj.com/Downloads.html
I used the puppy ham .iso and run a packet bbs etc with perfection
much to my surprise it just worked


johnny bobby bee

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Nov 1, 2009, 11:22:14 PM11/1/09
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Dr. Deb wrote:
> Ergo, I am dead

Oh, how I wish that were true.

Dr. Deb

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Nov 2, 2009, 11:01:29 AM11/2/09
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Dan C wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:50:05 -0600, Dr. Deb wrote:
>
>> A lot like Windows.
>
> Nope.
>
>> Looks pretty works lousy.
>
> Nope.
>
>> No "working" ndiswrapper
>
> Only a clueless Win-droid would use such a thing, anyway.
>
>> and the madwifi will not recognize my old Linksys card.
>
> I'm pretty sure 'madwifi' is deprecated, and that chipset is supported by
> a driver called 'ath5k' or 'ath9k' or something similar.
>
>> Ergo, I am dead in the water.
>
> No, just clueless.
>
>


Dan, having read several of your posts in the past, my only reply is:

Proverbs 26:4,5

Deb

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Aragorn

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Nov 2, 2009, 7:21:04 PM11/2/09
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On Monday 02 November 2009 00:50 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying
as Dr. Deb wrote...

> A lot like Windows. Looks pretty works lousy. No "working"
> ndiswrapper and the madwifi will not recognize my old Linksys card.
> Ergo, I am dead in the water.

Don't blame the plane for the pilot error... <grin>

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*Aragorn*
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

Dan C

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Nov 2, 2009, 10:15:47 PM11/2/09
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I have no idea what that means.

Then again, I don't care.

Bugger off, troll.

shortT

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Nov 4, 2009, 9:20:02 PM11/4/09
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Slow as molasses in winter.

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