Wireless on linux/Battery Life

[Cesar Covarrubias]

Hello All,

I recently decided I can not do without wireless on my laptop (EMachines
6805) running Fedora Core 4. I know the ndiswrapper is out there, but I
was curious to know whether  there was anything else out there of the
sort, that allows me to use the wireless adapter on my laptop. Also, I can
easily replace Fedora Core 4 with RHEL 4 if RHEL could provide an easier
solution.

My Second question is regarding my battery life. Why does Fedora eat up my
battery so fast? What changes should I make to have my battery last
longer?


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Very Respectfully,
Cesar Covarrubias
Distributed Computing Support
Network and Academic Computing Services
University of California, Irvine
(949)824-6612 - Office
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