[ale] GO Windows!!! ;-)

[Richard Bronosky]

This is true. What you have is a chicken/egg problem introduced by bad
licensing and freedom hating, short sighted business decisions.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> On 06/21/2010 02:02 PM, Asher Vilensky wrote:
>> The problem is not you and I.  The problem is that you can't "sell"
>> Linux (pick any flavor and version) to the mass until these things work
>> out of the box.  I want to convert those around me - basically so I
>> don't have to keep install virus protection etc.  But I'm hesitant in
>> doing so.  I don't want to either have to educate people too much or
>> stand there embarrassed when things don't work.   I hate Windows like
>> the rest of this group, but I also recognize that Linux is not a viable
>> substitute for most users.  Not yet.  I would recommend Mac (to somebody
>> like my in-laws) before I suggest Linux.
>>
>
> If you are plugged in to a wired network, Ubuntu should launch the
> restricted driver manager (you can launch it manually from System ->
> Administration -> Hardware Drivers) and offer to download the broadcom
> firmware for you.
>
> I doubt that if you installed any version of Windows the wireless would
> have worked either, but I have not tried so I can't swear. I believe the
> problem is that Broadcom does not allow anyone else to redistribute the
> firmware that their cards need to work.
>
> --
> All the best,
> Brian Pitts
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