The wireless network adapter worked in PCLinuxOS for a few days. After that, I couldn't seem to bring up the connection again. From reading some posts in the PCLOS forums, it sounds like upgrading to the latest kernel would help me with my problem. However, since I don't have an Internet connection, it's sorta difficult to download and install the latest kernel. Maybe I can download the files using Windows first.. if I ever have time..
I also tried the latest release of Ubuntu linux (8.04 Beta). The adapter works pretty well after following some steps I found in their forums. However, Ubuntu seems to have a problem with my system and will occasionally lock up and force me to do a hard reset. I've had some serious problems with Ubuntu in the past. That's why I've been using PCLOS. Unfortunate, because Ubuntu is otherwise a nice OS.
So, I'll probably use Windows XP until PCLOS comes out with its next release. (Unless I want to give the recent MiniMe variant a spin, which is a minimal version of PCLOS.) Even in Windows, my new Linksys wireless card has issues. For some reason, it'll frequently take minutes to initialize the card after booting into Windows. It's like it's trying to wake up from a long slumber. Pretty annoying when it takes over 10 minutes to be able to get to the Internet.
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