Yep, it's a boradcom card in the X40 I have. I found several linux forum posts via a google search and mentions (back in 2007 and other previous years) about Broadcom cards not being supported by Ubuntu due to licencing issues? Whatever the case, I couldn't fathom the frankly illegible instructions ...

Thanks for the idea about Ubuntu Netbook - looks great on the website. Have just installed it, but lo and behold, problems!!! First up, wifi card still not working - just as was the case with Jolicloud. Whereas Jolicloud didn't offer any explanation though, Ubuntu says "(firmware missing)" next to t...

Thank you for the reply, very insteresting to read as haven't tried to run any other Linux distributions on the X40 other than the Jolicloud install. If there was a front end that resembled Jolicloud (e.g. like you get on the cheapest Acer netbooks etc.) that'd be perfect. Some people might think I'...

Something that might (possibly?) run faster is Jolicloud - but it might also not work completely depending on the laptop... I'm having issues with getting it to work completely with my X40 but even if this were easily fixable, nobody has offered any help as yet. Am not a Linux man as a result of bei...

I am dual running both Windows 7 and the latest (i.e. downloaded only last night) Jolicloud 1.1 OS. Jolicloud I have to say looks really nice and after the initial setup (incredibly fast, especially considering the appallingly slow 1.8" drive in the X40) you're asked to restart the computer to finis...