Linux support for Mac hardware (Re: [Techtalk] Linux Laptops)

[Kathryn Andersen]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 06:21:27PM -0400, Elwing wrote:
> 
> On Oct 27, 2005, at 6:06 PM, Kathryn Andersen wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On the side of running Linux on Mac hardware, I've heard that  
> >>support is
> >>still limited to nonexistent for Apple's 802.11g wireless ethernet  
> >>hardware
> >>on Linux, but can't confirm that.  I have booted the Ubuntu LiveCD  
> >>on my
> >>Mac Mini, though, and everything but the wireless ethernet seemed  
> >>to work...
> >>
> >
> >Hmmm.
> >What's the likelihood of that improving in the future?
> >
> >
> 
> Airport Extreme (802.11g) is a broadcom based chipset, so if there's  
> a linux driver to support it, then it'll work.

A quick Google isn't clear as to what the state of that is; I gather
some people are working on it, but it's all very experimental.

However, I did find a verrry interesting link:

http://www.maconlinux.org/

(how to have your Linux and your Mac OS X too!)
However, even using this, getting the Airport Extreme to work
is still experimental
(see http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-365647.html)

Kathryn Andersen
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