ExtremeTech has a small preview of Ubuntu today, and it made for some overall positive thoughts. But here’s what gets to me, is this quote from the “Problems” section of the article:
Finally, we were disappointed (but not surprised) that Ubuntu did not detect or configure the wireless card in our laptop. We’ve come to expect this, unfortunately. But it would sure be nice at some point if we could connect wirelessly right after installing a Linux distro, with no extra effort required.
What? Ubuntu picked up my Netgear MA401 802.11b card with no problems, configured the network using DHCP, and did the required netinstall features without even asking me a single configuration question.
So I think the problem is lousy equipment on ExtremeTech’s part. Don’t hate the distro, hate the card.
