Wireless in Linux has finally reached a point where it’s easy to setup and use. Most distributions provide graphical applications to manage your wireless connection. Ubuntu is one of them with its simple but effective and easy to use network-admin.
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2007: That Was a Very Good (Linux) Year
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This once I wish I could attach an audio clip to the headline, so that you could hear William Shatner singing "It Was a Very Good Year", just to get into the proper mood.
Read more »Linux Internet tablets gain WiFi login agent
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Boingo Wireless Inc. has announced a free WiFi software agent for Nokia's Linux-based Internet tablets. The quick-connect agent is said to streamline logins at some 100,000-plus Boingo Mobile hotspots, for users of Nokia's N810 or N800 running Tablet OS 2008.
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Software Freedom Law Center Completes Review of Linux Wireless Code
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The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), today announced that it has carefully reviewed the lineage of the open source Atheros wireless driver for Linux and determined which portions can be distributed under the ISC license (also known as the 2-clause BSD license).
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Un-Plugged Rant: GNU/Linux & Wireless
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Sometimes I just gotta wonder about GNU/Linux and wi-fi...Maybe you can help.
Read more »It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
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Microsoft appears to be using a Linux based wireless LAN and loving it.
Read more »Unlocking the Wireless Broadband Gates
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The Federal Communications Commission is working out the rules for what could be the most important radio spectrum auction for years to come. At stake is the right to use spectrum in the coveted 700 MHz bands, which are characterized by the ability to travel long distances and go through the walls of buildings.
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Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?
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Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business.
The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software. Parts were chosen based on the availability of complete documentation.
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New kernel brings better wireless support
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In Linus Torvalds' words, "Not a whole lot of changes since -rc7," but the more significant upgrades in kernel release 2.6.22, announced over the weekend, include a new wireless stack, a new FireWire stack, and a new SLAB allocator for more efficient memory management.
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