Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3065 mails)

[Kevin Dupuy <kevin.dupuy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 20:24 -0700, John Andersen wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Kevin Dupuy <kevin.dupuy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > SUSE used to include these drivers, specifically madwifi, so it isn't a
> > matter of not getting sued, it's a amtter of being open source.
>
> An even lamer excuse.
>
> There are some drivers that are never going to be free.  If suse won't
> find a way to include them, don't be supprised when the userbase
> wanders off to a distro that will.

Hey, I agree. I thought my wireless card would be supported by
open-source drivers this time around, and unless something changes in
the next few weeks, I'd be wrong. I would love for openSUSE to include
drivers to those who absolutely need them.
-- 
Kevin "Yo" Dupuy
Public Mail <kevin.dupuy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Yo.media: 225-590-5961


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