Jan 12, 2011
Environment Setup
So, it transpires that the ArchLinux net install cd has just the right kernel that my wireless card (Tenda u322w aka Ralink2780) does not work due to some gaffe which has been built into the kernel. Shame that.
Seeing as it's a bit too much effort to ferry across build-essential and the wireless drivers, I've gone with Ubuntu 10.10 since I have a disk handy. The wireless still seems distinctly flaky though, dropping a lot unlike Windows 7 does on this machine, something I'll look into. Nevertheless, I'm impressed that compositing and a resolution of 1980x1080 is working out of the box.