[CentOS] Centos laptop support

[wwp]

Hello,


On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 11:01:19 +0200 Johan Vermeulen <jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be> wrote:

> op 02-10-14 09:01, wwp schreef:
> > Hello Frank,
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:57:30 -0600 Frank Cox <theatre at melvilletheatre.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Today I found myself in need of a laptop to run Centos on.  And that simple statement led to an all-day odyssey.
> > [snip]
> >> Since it has now become amazingly difficult to get a laptop if you're not planning to use Windows, at least around here, I'm wondering what the rest of you fine folks do when it comes to purchasing a laptop?  Next time this comes up, I'd rather not have to spend all day on something that used to take fifteen minutes.
> > Dell Latitude series, from the old D810 to more recent E65xx ones.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> when buying laptops I try to avoid Ati/Radeon cards, because of pas issues.
> But maybe it would be all right now.
> 
> Definitely no Broadcom wireless.
> No Lenovo because of id/pairing protected cards.
> In short, I look for laptops with as many Intel parts as possible.
> 
> Although it is true that Amd is a lot of power for a buck.

What's wrong w/ Broadcom wireless? Works fine here (Broadcom
Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)), even
if I had to install their driver (it's well documented on the CentOS
wiki).


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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