Re: cheap ubuntu laptop with wireless that works right "out of the box".

Christopher Copeland wrote:


On 30 Jan 2008, at 09:02, Derek Broughton wrote:

I see no reason at all that any manufacturer should be forced to
invest in
creating two drivers when ndiswrapper is a good working solution.
If using
ndiswrapper crippled the hardware it would be a different matter.

Then I think you need to look harder. While ndiswrapper is a
commendable effort, I will always prefer a native driver.

Why? It's a knee-jerk reaction of people who believe everything should be
open source. Nobody _must_ open-source anything, and ndiswrapper is a
perfectly reasonable option. It's revealing that you say _I_ need to "look
harder", but you have no argument other than "you don't like it".

Often it is
not a question of asking (forcing?) a manufacturer to develop two
drivers at their expense but rather to release enough information so
the community can write the linux driver.

Then it takes time for the linux community to develop the drivers _IF_
anybody even sees the need. That's no way for a manufacturer to develop
sales: "Here's some hardware, and in six months you might actually be able
to use it..."

I would say ndiswrapper is
great for those situations where you have no control over hardware
choice.. but if possible it is best to support companies that play
well with the linux community when spending your hard earned [insert
local currency].

And, in what way, is selling hardware that works well in Linux with
ndiswrapper _not_ playing well with the community?
--
derek


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