[00:02] <jtatum> yeah, like the arduino cpu, or some of the lower end ones would be nice :) i really want to try an attiny85 for instance. anchor and a handful of others like jameco and i think hsc have a bunch of microchip microcontrollers but nobody seems to have atmel :(
[00:05] <akk> Anchor definitely has some atmel, but probably not a great selection.
[00:06] <jtatum> hm. ok. i'll check again. thanks akk
[00:31] <nhaines> On the way home today I need to pick up a slim wireless network card that will be compatible with Ubuntu.  Does anyone have suggestions?
[00:32] <akk> What kind of card? cardbus, mini-pci?
[00:32] <nhaines> That's a good question!  mini-pci.
[00:33] <akk> d has an Intel 5150 half-mini that works great with ubuntu, much better than the original broadcom he had.
[00:34] <akk> He says it's B/G only, no N, which actually makes it work better (N confuses things sometimes).
[00:34] <nhaines> That's fine for now.
[00:34] <akk> Pretty much any Intel mini-PCI card except the very newest N ones seem to work well.
[00:35] <nhaines> Hmm, Microcenter doesn't seem to list Intel-brand cards.
[00:35] <akk> Figures ... it's always hard to buy linux-compatible stuff in brick-n-mortar stores.
[00:35] <akk> (d got his from amazon IIRC ... it was extremely cheap)
[00:37] <nhaines> Looks like Lenovo has one for $165.
[00:38] <akk> Is that for a whole laptop containing the card?
[00:38] <nhaines> If only!
[00:38] <akk> I think d paid about $10 or $15.
[00:39] <nhaines> Cheapest is $26, which isn't terribly unreasonable.
[00:41] <akk> Yeah, that's what I'm seeing too -- I'm not seeing the super-cheap ones. Maybe he used ebay rather than amazon.
[00:41] <akk> Also the 5150 does seem to support n, so he might be misremembering something.
[00:41] <nhaines> One of the problems is that I can't just walk into Microcenter and ask about it.. they're good but not that good.
[00:42] <akk> There's also this for $17.50: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Wireless-WiFi-Link-4965AGN/dp/B000RFPBQQ
[00:42] <akk> Yeah, microcenter isn't helpful that way (don't know of any store that is, sadly).
[00:43] <akk> $15 on ebay
[00:43] <nhaines> I see a lot of mini-pci references to laptops.  These also work for desktop computers that just have smaller slots on the back of the case, right?
[00:44] <akk> No idea, sorry.
[00:46] <nhaines> Hmm.
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[06:49] <pleia2> Darkwing: all good for SD Ubuntu Hour tomorrow? (there was no announcement on the list, but we need to know if we should tweet about it)
[06:49] <Darkwing> pleia2: No, I thought I emailed you...
[06:50] <Darkwing> Then again, KMail is being a POS
[06:50] <pleia2> :\
[06:50] <pleia2> can you delete it from loco.ubuntu.com?
[06:51] <Darkwing> Yeah... Give me a sec.
[06:51] <Darkwing> I'll do it in a few.
[06:51] <pleia2> thanks :)
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