Broadcom wifi drivers in F-14?

[Michel Alexandre Salim]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:07:50 +0100, pbrobinson at gmail.com wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>  On 09/15/2010 12:49 AM, Matthew Miller wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 12:04:04PM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
>>>> Which OEMs care enough about Linux support to use a more expensive
>>>> part?
>>> Seriously. I will go buy their stuff right now.
>>
>> I read that HP was doing this but haven't verified.
> 
>>From supporting Sugar related deployments using the Fedora Sugar on a
> Stick with HP laptops I've not exactly seen that but I'm not sure if its
> pertaining to particular models. I know Dell in the past has offered
> their re branded Broadcom wifi with an option of Intel wifi for a £5
> premium. No idea if HP does similar.
> 
Dell no longer offer a WiFi card choice, at least in Europe and even in 
the US for their netbook lines.

Sony does ship Atheros WiFi cards by default, though, even on their 
budget lines (I have the EB 15" and the W netbook). The memory card on 
the netbook does not work, but that's a minor issue.

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