| Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, SimplyMEPIS - 3 distros, 9 wireless stories |
|
| by Stan Beer | |
| Thursday, 15 November 2007 | |
|
Page 1 of 3   
Featured Whitepaper
5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support
PC 1 (my desktop): White box Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz; 4GB RAM; Nvidia GeForce GPU 256MB DDR2; runs Ubuntu 7.10 dual boot with Windows XP SP2 PC 2 (my laptop): Dell Latitude 620 Core 2 Duo 2GHz; 2GB RAM; runs Windows XP SP2 PC 3 : White box Pentium 4 2GHz; 1GB RAM; runs Windows XP SP2 PC 4: White box Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz; 2GB RAM; runs Windows XP SP2 Because so many homes these days have a wireless network and it's virtually mandatory to have access to the Internet, being able to easily configure your box for wireless networking is important. PC 1, my desktop, doesn't have a wireless card because it sits next to the router. Therefore, I left it out of this particular trial. So how did the distros do on the three boxes? Well one distro stood out from the rest. In fact, from the point of view of plug and play wireless connectivity, it stood head and shoulders above the other two distros. So which is the distro of choice for wireless connectivity? Be warned, it may not be the one you think. continued>>> |
| < Next story in category | Previous story in the category > |
|---|
