On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:39:45 -0400, gregjohn wrote:

> Ubuntu 8.10 (alpha) gives you an on-screen notification about its
> activation proprietary drivers for graphics AND wifi drivers that it's
> already decided to use. The purist is free at that point to leave the
> room if need be.  *That* I believe is the best approach.

Only if including proprietary code (in contravention with the 
manufacturer's wishes AIUI - and thus in violation of copyright) is OK in 
your book.

> The removal of ath_pci is precisely the reason I left openSUSE for my
> hobby use.

11.0 includes ath5k, which actually (at least for me) worked much better 
than the proprietary ath_pci (madwifi) stuff.  Madwifi was always flaky 
for me.

>  Somehow it was more annoying because I loved SUSE so much I had decided
>  to pay
> for 10.1 CD's as soon as they were available.  It was such a bummer not
> to be able to use the internet.

Have you looked at 11.0?

Jim

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