The ralink chipset is the only wireless hardware to be truly FLOSS friendly, but alto the specs are available there are still issues with the drivers, and sometimes things aren't exactly straightforward. more »

For the series, big telcos are evil. Why did we subscribe an account with British Telecom then? Dont ask. But here I am, and for your own amusement (certainly not mine) I'm gonna tell you about this fine piece of hw they provide with their home adsl. more »

I always backed off of wireless because it always looked like time consuming and really not worth it. Then I rented a 2 floors maisonette and a cable hanging down the stairs wasn't too appealing to me. The end result is 3 Linux boxes (2 laptops one desktop) connected via WPA2-PSK to a BT AP. No magic gnome buttons involved. more »

Yes, I know, taking the piss out of the French's tendency to be "slightly" nationalist isnt fair, but believe me this is quite fun! more »