Re: Linux Incompatibility List

Wakko Warner
2004-08-22T13:11:18Z

> > True, however, their video cards *DO* work on linux (even though it is
> > binary-only). I have a laptop that has the chip. Does any broadcom
> > wireless chip work on linux (ndis wrapper or that piece of junk from
> > linuxant doesn't count)
>
> No, they do NOT work on Linux.
> They work on current versions of linux-x86 and linux-x86_64.
>
> To "work on linux" without qualification, they have work (or be fixable to
> work) work on any port of Linux which can reasonably plug the hardware in.

The specific card in my laptop does work with XFree's latest nVidia drivers,
just not in 3D mode. It would be a card I'd stay away from, but unlike
broadcom, the cards *DO* work to some extent. (That card is a GeForce2 Go)

--
Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals