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I am a firm believer in Linux, or at least the idea of Linux. I have used Red Hat at work; I then favoured Ubuntu as an all in desktop with good server support as well. I have now installed SuSe 10.1 on my server at home. All of these platforms have a common flaw, the lack of or at least the general lack of WiFi support. Part of the problem is the slow adoption of WPA-PSK on Linux. Until very recently WEP was the only security (other than MAC address filtering) but this is old and so the move to WPA is essential if Linux is to move up to XP again. Ubuntu Dapper and SuSe 10.1 are very good replacement desktops and I would easily jump across permanently if only we could solve the WiFi issue. With SuSe the D-Link card I have is potentially supportable with Madwifi or Ndiswrapper. I couldn't get either to work at all. Then some more googling later I [finally] discovered that version C of the PCI card was not Atheros but Ralink. A quick trip to the site (via my laptop and trusty U...

I thought I would have a look around at some Web 2.0 tools, Paul had mentioned Writely so trusting his judgement signed up. From what I've seen so far it looks OK. I would really like to play with the Collaboration area as this could be a real alternative to Groove now that they've passed to the dark side. I'll update as I go.....