Re: WiFi under Linux - rant no 7

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:13:02 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:

ray wrote:

<snip>

It is obvious from reading this newsgroup
that many people _do_ have problems setting up WiFi.
And in my opinion Linux is very, very bad at helping them.

When my car has broken down,
I do not find it much help for a spectator to say,
"I don't know what you are worrying about.
My car is working fine."

Things evolve under GNU/Linux, with support becoming better over time for
more devices/protocols. If you have to wait for someone to
/* wizardize */ the solution so it will be palatable for you, then
you'll have to wait longer in general. Also, if you are starting with
unsupported hardware, then you might have to wait indefinitely for
support. If you want support /* now */, then you have to pursue other
options. You can write the code yourself, or set a bounty for the work to
be done, etc. It won't magically appear because you wish that it
existed.

To maximize all of the contributions made by the entire free
software/open source movement, you need to learn to use the source. Look
for a distribution which gives you the power to do that. If you don't,
then you are at a disadvantage. People, like me, will point out that
it could be working for you- because you asked the question. I won't tell
you how to fix RedHat/Fedora because I gave up on that approach. If
you need RH/FC fixed on your system, then _your_ work is in front of you.

Part of using GNU/Linux (and other OSs as well) is learning how to fix it
when its broken. This is one area where the various distributions diverge.
Some distro's don't expect the end user to be able to fix anything for
himself, while other distro's expect that he can do simple things, and
others expect that you have compiled and bootstrapped completely from
scratch. Decide where you fit in that picture.

--
Douglas Mayne
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