In Fedora 7, some of the planned http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureRockSolidWireless robust wireless behavior has been implemented. Completing this effort is not currently shown as being in the Fedora 8 plan. But as you can see via: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/FeatureList there are a few items that seem more likely in Fedora 8 that may improve wifi support some: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureLaptopImprovements aims to make Fedora 8 more gracefully support laptops, and http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureNetworkManager aims to provide improvements in NetworkManager for Fedora 8. Wouldn't it be nice if these efforts led to a dramatically reduced need for documentation on configuring and using wifi? Sliding from over-optimistic to more realistic, is there interest in preserving Karl Larsen's and Chris Mohler's work in the wiki, somewhere in the neighborhood of: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts I would propose sections organized along the flavors of: - Usage hints for Desktop / GUI applications that may improve one's wifi experience. - Recipes for command line approaches to fill in the gaps where the GUI applications and applets have not yet reached maturity and full coverage. - Clues for those who are willing to build and modify pieces of Fedora with the aim of better wifi support. Then a given reader could follow the trail to the level of their expertise (or their currently available time for this task). Does such a collection of information already exist? For the toolsets and applications in Fedora? Current, not historical, drivers? Cheers, Nelson
