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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/10/2013 01:10 AM, tom wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:52A6B061.6060408@gmail.com" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Whats with Intel Centrino? Linux does not seem to like it. I decided to
load XP PRO on my Latitude D600, so I could see if the Intel BG2200
wireless card would function.</pre>
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Since I/we have a Centrino laptop (and pain), I thought I'd respond.
In my experience, Linux tolerates Centrino better than Windoze, but
may not be the WiFi chips per se. Did not know (until today) that
Centrino refers to the WiFi chips and has little to do with the CPU
involved. So my review is probably off target.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:52A6B061.6060408@gmail.com" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">A little back story. I installed retroprecise 5.4.3 on it as nothing
else Linux would install with the Centrino except DSL. The Linux driver
did not work well with the wireless. Poorly. I decided to use the
Ndiswrapper. I tried lots of appropriate windows drivers to no avail. I
then thought install XP and see which driver is running the wireless,
then use that driver on the drive that has retroprecise.</pre>
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We got my daughter a Sony VAIO with Centrino Duo branding. It came
with Windows Vista. Vista sucks (in our experience; "sucks" being a
technical term related to personal pain). I installed Fedora and my
daughter ran that until she upgrade to a shiny new Dell. The machine
was usable on Fedora.<br>
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Now you mention your trouble, I remember she did report wireless
dropping out. But it always restarted. (Also, we had WiFi trouble
with other machines in the house, so was never apparent that hers
was the only one affected.) Was a pain to have to kick it manually.
I don't remember if Vista did better with the wireless chip set
because it performed so badly all around. (I mistook "Centrino" to
mean the processor, which I have always thought was <u>way
underpowered for Vista</u>, "<span>Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 / 1.5
GHz".</span> Or maybe it just needs more RAM.)<br>
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The Fedora release was 14, and maybe 13. (I switched other maint to
OpenSUSE about the time F15 came out and stopped updating that
machine. Long story.) I have also run a recent Debian hack on that
same VAIO, which shows no WiFi problems that I recall. I run the
same Debian hack on a different (older) VAIO which regularly wants a
restart of <u>wired</u> ethernet. (Starts fine at boot, then
disconnects, but remains "connected" after first manual
intervention.) Dunno if wired falls under the Centrino brand. Not
sure if this other (older) VAIO is Centrino branded. Will check when
I get home.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:52A6B061.6060408@gmail.com" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I decided to install SolidWorks on the drive I put XP on while I was at
it. That Windows software did not like the centrino either!!</pre>
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Wikipedia sez INTeL stopped marketing Centrino in early 2010. Links
of possible interest ...<br>
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<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino</a></li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://us.en.kb.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34310">https://us.en.kb.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34310</a></li>
<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://us.en.kb.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41882">https://us.en.kb.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/41882</a></li>
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-- R; <><<br>
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