Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Binary Drivers in Ubuntu Feisty is it a slippery slope?

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=297392

my thoughts on this matter are that it is a slippery slope into closed source drivers like has happened with wifi and ndiswrapper,

but on the other hand more people will flock to Ubuntu the easier it is to use, so think the choice option is best, however I do think its need illustrating to the user that the next time they purchase a piece of hardware to vote with their wallet and get something that is supported natively, as this is the only way the corporates will take notice, but Linux needs more users before that will have an effect so I think by making the adoption process easier, that lobby group can be achieved

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