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I found this on Ubuntu Wiki:
RadeonDriverHowto: This guide will show you how to use the Free, Open Source driver for many ATI graphics cards called “radeon”. It is similar to the “ati” driver and provides 2D functionality. 3D acceleration is enabled using the drivers from the DRI project such as: r200, r100, r128.
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From LinuxDevCenter.com

Although you don’t need to go far to hear someone extolling the benefits of Linux and free software, many people still need to use other operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. Aside from personal choice, other reasons to use non-Linux operating systems include running applications that are available only on a particular OS, an employer mandating that you use a particular platform, or even a need to test software and services across different platforms. For some, the solution is a huge desk set up to accommodate three computers with three monitors and three keyboards/mice; however, there is a better way.

Linux and Wireless is currently a pain in the arse. Some wireless vendors are hip to Linux and others could care less. To get around the this issue Linux hackers and some vendors have created dirvers or hacks to get Linux and wifi in the sama bed.

This page is my resource and links page for trying to get wifi working on my Gateway MX6440 laptop which has a poorly supported Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02). At some point I am going to buy either a USB Wifi, a PCMCIA Wifi Card or a miniPCI Wifi card.
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I found this post at the Ubuntu forums and it worked for me:

Ok, so there are other tutorials out there for the other 43xx cards, but from my experience, none of them have worked with the specific 4318 card. This way i will explain below is the only way i have gotten my 4318 card to work with 6.06

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I had an HP Pavilion ze4560 but it “died” so I got a new one via my Best Buy warranty.
Spec: AMD Mobile 2500+ (1.8 Ghz) 512 RAM 40GBHD with a Broadcom Wireless Card.
The wifi card worked once in Knoppix but I messed with someting and it never worked in Linux again

Durring the 2.5 years I owned this laptop I was able to run almost every Linux distro without any real headaches. In fact the list of distros that did not work is suprisingly very short.
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My new laptop is a beast but it has some crappy HW when it comes to Linux support.
Spec:
-AMD Turion 64 (1.8Ghz)
-1 GBRAM
-100GBHD
-Broadcom Wireless Card
-Widescreen 15.4.
I actually got the wifi working after about a week of trying everything.

This laptop is almost more of a beast than my gaming rig (AMD 2200+ w/ 1GBRAM 256VID). This rig was a replacement for my HP and if I had my way I’d have gottn another HP and not a Gateway. Durring short time that I owned this laptop I have ben unable to run most Linux distros. In fact the list of distros that do work is suprisingly very short.
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