Re: Re: Bits from the Debian Eee PC team, summer 2008
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re all,
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:36:14PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Eh, yes, but kernel-module "ath5k" is still buggy (Bug #1542: cannot
> get an IP with dhcp) now for almost half a year - and no one seem to
> care.
i can confirm this is no longer the case. ath5k works, you can refer
to Jeff Moe's development on freeeee, rpms published at:
http://www.freeeee.org/i386/RPMS.FREEEEE/
> So I think, its is not quite a good idea, to use "ath5k" on an
> installation media, especially for non experienced users.
it is not about an "idea", but about using or not free software: i
think debian developers are so concerned about such policy that this
cannot even be a debate.
ciao
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