[olug] Ubuntu Breezy, Old Laptop and USB Wireless

John Hobbs john at velvetcache.org
Thu Jul 24 17:47:59 UTC 2008


It all depends on what driver it needs.  I wouldn't try pulling stuff
off the 8.04 disk, but rather checking if there is a driver in the
Breezy repos.  If not you can try building from source.

- John Hobbs

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have Ubuntu Breezy on an old laptop (Toshiba Satellite with 96 Meg?) of RAM...
>
> My son has Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron on his newer laptop using a Belkin USB wireless key.
>
> 1)  Can I do something similar with the old laptop and a similar USB wirelss key?
>
> 2)  What files (if any) can I pull off an 8.04 Kubuntu disk to make this work?
>
> Joe
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