10 best Linux distros for 2010

1. The best distro for beginners: Ubuntu 10.04

There can be few people who haven't heard of Ubuntu. It's a word that's become synonymous with Linux, raising both praise and chagrin from the Linux community in equal measure. But outside the community squabbling, there's no doubt that this is a distribution to be reckoned with. Especially if you're a beginner.

Installing Broadcom Wireless STA Driver in Fedora 11/12

The following instructions will walk you through the installation of Broadcom Wireless STA driver in Fedora 11/12. This driver is for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware.

1. First you need to enable rpmfusion repositories.

The broadcom-wl and wl-kmod RPMs that we need are in the rpmfusion non-free repository which also requires the rpmfusion free repository. To enable these repositories in Fedora 11/12 you need to open a terminal window and enter the following command. You may simply copy and paste the below command.

[shibipnr@fedora ~]$ su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'