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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