Vanessa Brooks (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
vanessabrooks) wrote2009-08-20 09:06 am
vanessabrooks) wrote2009-08-20 09:06 am
The Problem with Xubuntu . . .
Is the PCMCIA wireless card. More precisely, finding one that will work with the drivers available for Xubuntu.
The X200 does not have wireless on board (D'oh! Talk about spoiled, I'm just so accustomed to onboard wireless that I assumed it would have it. Yes, I do know what they about what happens when you assume.) This means that I will need to purchase a PCMCIA wireless card. I'm not sure exactly why, perhaps because they are now considered "older" technology, but these do not come cheap. (For the record: I'mcheap frugal.) To get a well known, well tested, well supported card, it will cost between $40 and $80 bucks. The low end of that means finding a card on sale. I found some off-name brands for cheaper, but I'm not too sure about the drivers and support on those.
Anyway, I did my research and discovered this little difficulty with the cards. My friend, B, warned me about this. Sadly, I harbored a belief that my Google-foo might be stronger than his, although he is the Master Chief Luddite and does know considerably more about working with old tech than I do.
The tiny little laptop that could is currently working as a netbook. It's loaded with Windows XP, SP 2. Tonight I'm going to throw Firefox on it. It'll be good to get around the 'net with, but that's about all. It doesn't even have the processor speed for me to load a kid-friendly MMO game on it. (Did you click the link? Is it like the cutest thing ever?)
(. . . I think I know where to get my hands on an old Latitude 100L . . .)
The X200 does not have wireless on board (D'oh! Talk about spoiled, I'm just so accustomed to onboard wireless that I assumed it would have it. Yes, I do know what they about what happens when you assume.) This means that I will need to purchase a PCMCIA wireless card. I'm not sure exactly why, perhaps because they are now considered "older" technology, but these do not come cheap. (For the record: I'm
Anyway, I did my research and discovered this little difficulty with the cards. My friend, B, warned me about this. Sadly, I harbored a belief that my Google-foo might be stronger than his, although he is the Master Chief Luddite and does know considerably more about working with old tech than I do.
The tiny little laptop that could is currently working as a netbook. It's loaded with Windows XP, SP 2. Tonight I'm going to throw Firefox on it. It'll be good to get around the 'net with, but that's about all. It doesn't even have the processor speed for me to load a kid-friendly MMO game on it. (Did you click the link? Is it like the cutest thing ever?)
(. . . I think I know where to get my hands on an old Latitude 100L . . .)