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forceflow2
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 Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 8:42 am Post subject: Intel Centrino Petition |
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| I have put up a petition requesting support by Intel of Centrino technology under Linux. If you care about this issue, please sign my petition. http://www.petitiononline.com/xanthan/petition.html |
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subodh
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| done Owner of Centrino Laptop |
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knoxville
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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done, non centrino owner  |
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Swoon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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done, Centrino-Laptop-Owner ...
But the right name is GNU/Linux, isn't it?
Aprospos: I had written an e-mail, but they told me, they won't tell about programs released in future... everywhere else you can read that they are waiting for user-interess...
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mb
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| Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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hi...
imho only the wlan card is not supported...
intel centrino "technologie" is:
- intel pentium-m cpu [supported]
- centrino-speedstep [supported in 2.6.0-test1]
- intel chipset (e.g. i855pm) [supported]
- integrated wlan [unsupported]
but this **may** depend on some FCC regulations and/or country specific regulations.... i heard some rumors, that the intel pro/wireless 2100 mini-PCI and the broadcom BCM94306 hardware can do some funky stuff in the air. 
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forceflow2
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| Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| If it is true that the hardware itself is the reasoning behind the lack of support then they should not have made it how they did. |
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forceflow2
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| Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2003 4:39 am Post subject: |
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over 170 sigs guys! Doing good!
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primeevil
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:51 am Post subject: good idea |
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hey guys. thats a cool idea. i have a centrino and the notebook wasnt cheap.
so i done it |
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hulk2nd
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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@mb
hi there,
btw if you are interested, the centrino speedstep is also supported in 2.4.2x or maybe even 2.4.xx. i dunno
you just need the processor.o from intel
greetz,
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htj
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject: |
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| signed... #246 |
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dma
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forceflow2
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 5:18 am Post subject: |
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I don't think it is based on the broadcom chipset, I think it is Intel's own.
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djmaze
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| done, non Centrino owner! |
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Inte
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barmalini
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2003 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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I've just signed the petition, but to be honest I´d rather have Intel reimburse the money that i've paid for that crappy wireless card so I could buy a card that actually work with Linux. 
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forceflow2
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| barmalini wrote: | | I've just signed the petition, but to be honest I´d rather have Intel reimburse the money that i've paid for that crappy wireless card so I could buy a card that actually work with Linux. |
Wow, that would really be nice.
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rdvrey
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| I have an Acer laptop with Centrino |
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Brooks
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 2:39 am Post subject: |
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Signed and #200 at that!
Is there a prize?
Anyone heard any news of the status of the drivers? |
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xcham
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 7:32 am Post subject: |
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signed. Not a Centrino owner, but was thinking about it. now I'm rethinking it.
If you're in the same boat, definitely tell them that. if they know they're losing customers, maybe they'll listen. |
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wilburpan
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| barmalini wrote: | | I've just signed the petition, but to be honest I´d rather have Intel reimburse the money that i've paid for that crappy wireless card so I could buy a card that actually work with Linux. |
Are there Linux-friendly notebooks with a Pentium-M processor and an 855 chip without the built in wireless? All Centrino means is the combination of the three, but there are plenty of other wireless cards out there.
Theoretically, if there was such a notebook, you could put in a 802.11g card and have faster wireless speed than a Centrino with the benefits of the bigger L2 cache and longer battery life.
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TactX
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 11:46 am Post subject: |
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signed, non Centrino owner, but plan to be in the future 
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andcon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2003 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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| wilburpan wrote: | | Theoretically, if there was such a notebook, you could put in a 802.11g card and have faster wireless speed than a Centrino with the benefits of the bigger L2 cache and longer battery life. |
Aren't the next generation of Centrino systems going to use 802.11g? and aren't they due out this year? |
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forceflow2
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| wilburpan wrote: | | barmalini wrote: | | I've just signed the petition, but to be honest I´d rather have Intel reimburse the money that i've paid for that crappy wireless card so I could buy a card that actually work with Linux. |
Are there Linux-friendly notebooks with a Pentium-M processor and an 855 chip without the built in wireless? All Centrino means is the combination of the three, but there are plenty of other wireless cards out there.
Theoretically, if there was such a notebook, you could put in a 802.11g card and have faster wireless speed than a Centrino with the benefits of the bigger L2 cache and longer battery life. |
I looked around and I can't seem to find a notebook like that anywhere. I think at this moment only notebooks sporting the Centrino label have these things, and therefore they have the wireless lan card.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 1:00 am Post subject: |
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AvEnGeRs
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| Support for the big lie called palladium? |
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Kernel & Hardware
Centrino owner.