MS hardware drivers?

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MS hardware drivers?

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anyone know a site that has drivers for wacky propriatary microsoft hardware? (specifically, i need drivers for the microsoft wireless desktop 6000, and im running Fedora Core 6)


google hasn't been my friend today apparently :(
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Have you tried the ndiswrappers?
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+1, ndiswrapper is usually the first thing to try when it comes to getting windows wirelss drivers working on linux. You can just use the official driver (or sometimes better to use a different windows driver) if you have ndiswrapper loaded.
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gah. i should have specified that better... its a wireless keyboard/mouse combo thingy, not a wireless network adapter
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I'd try, uh...different hardware. :? :P
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JAB Creations wrote:I'd try, uh...different hardware. :? :P
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Don't worry, I've got more then just spare motherboards. :wink:
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