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WiFi cards to offer Linux drivers
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| Socket Mobile has joined the trend of offering Linux support for WiFi cards
| by announcing Linux drivers for its Go Wi-Fi SDIO WLAN cards and modules. The
| drivers will be offered via a partnership with Embwise, which is porting its
| SDIOWorx stack to the devices.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3603969697.html
Regiscope Certifies Digital Check’s TellerScan 215 With Linux Driver
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| Digital Check, a provider of desktop check scanners, announced that Regiscope
| has certified Digital Check’s TS215 scanner with its Linux driver.
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http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090428005140&newsLang=en
Related:
Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules
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| We, the undersigned Linux kernel developers, consider any closed-source Linux
| kernel module or driver to be harmful and undesirable. We have repeatedly
| found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses, and the greater
| Linux ecosystem. Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility,
| and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off
| from the expertise of the Linux community. Vendors that provide closed-source
| kernel modules force their customers to give up key Linux advantages or
| choose new vendors. Therefore, in order to take full advantage of the cost
| savings and shared support benefits open source has to offer, we urge vendors
| to adopt a policy of supporting their customers on Linux with open-source
| kernel code.
|
| We speak only for ourselves, and not for any company we might work for today,
| have in the past, or will in the future.
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http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/lkm_position_statement.html
Apple now less reliable than cheap Chinese computers
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| REASSURINGLY EXPENSIVE COMPUTERS MADE BY APPLE are now less reliable than
| cheap and cheerful machines made by Asus and Lenovo.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/535/1051535/apple-reliable-cheap-chinese-computers
Linux device driver project needs more unsupported devices to work on!
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| The problem is that even though Kroah-Hartman and his developers are willing
| to sign NDAs (nondisclosure agreements) for companies that are reluctant to
| open up their devices to open source, businesses are still hanging
| back. "What we need now is more companies participating in the project,"
| Kroah-Hartman said.
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| [...]
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| He also wondered if the problem of Linux device drivers has been
| overstated...
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6669895837.html
A Vista vs. Linux Matchup
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| Putting aside Apple hardware, where all the software works with
| all the hardware so long as it's all up to the minute, I found
| that MEPIS actually has better hardware support for this PC
| than Vista.
|
| [...]
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| Adding insult to injury, since DRM protection schemes must
| evolve constantly, to stay ahead of hackers tearing them down,
| I have little doubt that one day you'll come home to find that
| a Vista update to DRM-protection has just locked you out of your
| media collection. You know, the same collection, which had
| worked just fine the day before. Repeat after me: DRM does
| not belong in operating systems.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9325931427.html
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