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

[Elwing]

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.

Elwing