> but you still need to be careful with network cards, for example. Funny you say that. A while back I reinstalled Windows on a new laptop (get rid of all the

> but you still need to be careful with network cards, for example. Funny you say that. A while back I reinstalled Windows on a new laptop (get rid of all the default installed garbage) and I couldn't connect wirelessly. Had to connect via ethernet and install and update everything just to have wireless work. I haven't installed Linux on it, but considering its a Broadcom card I don't exactly have high hopes of it working with only upstream drivers.