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"that other OS""that other OS"Posted Jul 31, 2008 10:59 UTC (Thu) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118)Parent article: OLS: The state of Linux wireless networking
I feel that "other OS" used in comparison is MS Windows. While it has great marketshare, I have a gut feeling that Windows is an easy target. It's known to have rudimentary support for devices, with more advanced things (like AP mode) coming from 3rd party software. So, how Linux wireless compares to situation in *BSD? Especially OpenBSD is often praised as having great wifi drivers and fast to support new hardware.
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"that other OS" Posted Aug 4, 2008 12:51 UTC (Mon) by johill (subscriber, #25196) [Link] There are a number of drivers we have openBSD doesn't have, e.g. for Intel's newest chipsets, Broadcom's hardware (RIP "bcw"), zd1211 I think, and maybe more. There's also one or two (the atheros USB thing is the only one I can think of right now) they support and we don't.
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