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title: "Linux likes the Netgear N150... and so do I"
url: https://computerfloss.com/2011/11/linux-likes-the-netgear-n150-and-so-do-i/
description: "In my new occupation, I continue to treat myself to new kit purchase essential new equipment for my business. I’ve already blogged on my experiences with printers on."
published: 2011-11-01
updated: 2011-11-01
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# Linux likes the Netgear N150... and so do I

Published 2011-11-01

In my new occupation, I continue to treat myself to new kit purchase essential new equipment for my business. I’ve already blogged on my experiences with printers on Linux and now I’ve started using a new wireless adapter I’d like to give that a shout-out too.

Like printers, I had mixed experiences of wireless adapters during my early days of Linux usage. But I’m happy to report that the first adapter I dropped for worked out of the box and like a charm. It is the [Netgear N150](http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/wireless-adapters/simplesharing/WNA1100.aspx), a fairly standard USB adapter that needed no installation and cost me a measly €15.

Incidentally, installing this same adapter under Windows 7 was awful. It was so unnecessarily convoluted and the configuration software is ugly and almost unusable. Linux users win on this one.

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