-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Andersen wrote:
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:31 AM, G T Smith
wrote: Ubuntu may be bending the rules, but there is little mileage in anyone taking them on as there is not a lot to be gained (not a lot in bank),
That's a pretty serious allegation you've made there. Do you have anything to back it up?
What allegation!? What I am merely pointing out is that the Ubuntu/Kubuntu with their target market and profile can take risks that Novell/SuSE with a different target market and profile may find unacceptable. (whether those risks are real or perceived is a different question).
Ubuntu uses a "Restricted Driver Management" tool to install proprietary drivers only after the user specifically requests the install. These drivers are not in the normal repositories.
Hang on a minute... just what is the build service, packman etc etc??.. different approach same result.... in your originally post you seemed to be implying something rather different....
As for chicken/egg: I've never seen a laptop that supported wifi but had no cat5 port.
The existence of wired networking is not in itself a sufficient condition to assume connectivity. I have been around long enough to remember laptops (and desktops) that used hardware configurations that required OEM versions of driver sets and would not run with generic drivers. I would expect that to be a potential issue with ULPCs....(i.e. the Asus eee comes with a version of Xandros specifically tweaked for the hardware). - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIRk0masN0sSnLmgIRAl0TAJ4zKS9cKoQOnP+uxIUIdkjJLO3q/wCg3HNc pIzpKLQT4idqIRrCJFcon04= =pGn7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org