-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.roth@5-cent.us Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:00 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster
About 5 years ago, I had to install a wireless card in my tower, and it's an ATH9xx, I *think* - I can check this evening, if that's relevant. I was running SuSE, and had to find drivers from madwifi. A few minutes of googling found...
I second that, ie OpenSUSE.
I've too had two laptops with incompatible wifi-hardware visavi CentOS. Ubuntu kinda' worked in that it found the wifi-hardware, but couldn't connect to my WPA2-AP at home in a stable manner. After having gone through a few other distros, I ventured into OpenSUSE 10 and later 11 and voilá, it both found the hardware and was able to connect to the WPA2-enabled AP, as well as having a stable connection.
As good as CentOS is with respect to stability both as a server and as a desktop-solution, it shouldn't maybe be your first choice for a laptop. That's my experience and my five oere...