The key to the word "traditionally" is that it refers to a relatively long period, historically speaking. (The phrase "new tradition" is oxymoronic beyond description.)
Perhaps that "tradition" has been altered by Atheros' cooperation with the FOSS community http://www.atheros.com/news/linux.html:
*SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 23, 2003*—Atheros Communications, the leading developer and market share leader in advanced wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets, today announced that the first open source Linux and FreeBSD software drivers for 802.11b/g and universal 802.11a/b/g products are now available as a free download from the Internet.
That's about how old Monsterette 1.2 is; it's hard to describe anything she does "traditionally".
On Dec 26, 2007 3:19 PM, Mark Gardner [email protected] wrote:
My wife's laptop has Atheros WiFi. What's wrong with it?
Traditionally has poor Linux support.