My girlfriend bought an 8GB Sansa View recently and I've been doing a lot of tinkering with it in Ubuntu 8.04 (both AMD64 and x86). Here is some of the knowledge I've gained in regards to the Sansa View and Ubuntu Linux. Please reply if you know any of this to be incorrect.
I recently got a laptop to use for web development work when I travel. I wanted a simple way to sync up the data between it and my Desktop computer so that they would both have the same bookmarks, emails, instant message logs, etc. Along comes unison to save the day. It ended up being MUCH easier than I expected.
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When I installed Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" on my Dell Latitude D830, the wireless did not work out of the box. Using ndiswrapper, I was able to get it working (Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" on a Dell Lattitude D830) and icon in my notification area at the top-right corner of my screen (nm-applet 0.6.5) would show a list of available WiFi connections and their signal strength.
Note: My BCM4328 wireless card is identified through the 'lspci' command as:
Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
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I have been running Ubuntu for a few months and have seldom--if ever--needed Windows. However, I've recently needed to test some software on both Windows and Fedora Linux. So, I had to add a Windows XP installation and a Fedora Core 6 installation to my current Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" system. Here's some install notes.
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