Tag Archives: ndiswrapper

Fedora 10, thank you very much! (macbook review and fixes)

I’ve never been a big fan of rpm-based Gnu/Linux distributions, since I’ve always preferred the stability of Debian and Debian based distros, with their great dpkg system. The problem with Debian on Macbooks is that I do not see both the stability and performance anymore, as I have to use Lenny/Sid. Etch is too old …

November 29, 2008 – 20:57 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism?, Free* | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

How to make ndiswrapper work with a 2.6.27 kernel

I’ve recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.27.7, and I realized that ndiswrapper and the wireless card were not working. So I stumbled on this discussion on the linux-kernel mailing list . A guy named Jeff (write me for complete credits) wrote his personal ndiswrapper-1.54. If you’ve got a 2.6.27.x kernel and you can compile modules, …

November 28, 2008 – 12:01 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism? | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Testing Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) beta on a Macbook (updated!)

It’s a very long time since I abandoned Ubuntu, 1 year and 9 months being precise, although I continued to use Ubuntu derived distros. I decided today to give Ubuntu 8.10 beta a try. Obviously, every time I decide to try a Gnu/Linux distribution it happens that a new release comes out: I downloaded Alpha …

October 3, 2008 – 00:38 | By bodom_lx | Posted in Activism?, Free* | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (6)