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LCA2009: That mysterious thing called the kernel
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| Corbet pointed out that maintaining code outside the mainline kernel was
| expensive; if code made it to this kernel, the one that is handled by
| Torvalds, then the chances of it being in every distribution were very good.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22797/1148/
"I’d be glad to help tilt lotus into into the death spiral. I could do it
Friday afternoon but not Saturday. I could do it pretty much any time the
following week."
--Brad Silverberg, Microsoft
Recent:
A Preview Of Kernel-Based Mode-Setting
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| Kernel-based mode-setting is a great advancement for Linux and X.Org with it
| being a feature that delivers noticeable benefits to the end-user -- a
| cleaner flicker-free boot process, fast and reliable VT switching, improved
| suspend-and-resume support, and soon enough will be making
| fast-user-switching even faster. This is just the tip of the iceberg and more
| benefits, such as graphical diagnostic capabilities, should be able to
| flourish as a result of kernel-based mode-setting.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=kernel_modesetting&num=1
Not sure what to buy for Wireless? Buy Atheros
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| Atheros has now stepped up to the plate and delivered a home run on
| Open-Licensed support for their wireless drivers, and not just any any
| wireless drivers. The code for their latest 802.11n cards is already online :
| http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ath9k
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| According to Mad Wifi, Atheros has hired Luis Rodriguez and Jouni Malinen,
| who are going to continue to work on the driver. That means this release
| isn't a simple code dump to look good on paper. Nor is the release
| semi-opened up, it's under the ISC License, which is what the radically
| open-licensed OpenBSD developers are using.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-sure-what-to-buy-for-wireless-buy.html
Atheros Releases Free Linux Driver For Its 802.11n Devices
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| Atheros has released a shiny new Atheros driver for all their 11n devices
| aimed for inclusion in the Linux kernel. This new driver has no proprietary
| HAL and is licensed under the ISC license, so the BSD community should be
| able to benefit as well. Note: no firmware required!
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http://mobile.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/26/2138228
Atheros Releases 802.11n Linux Driver
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| Last September we reported that MadWiFi was abandoning their proprietary HAL
| and really the driver itself for that matter. The developers behind the
| popular MadWiFi Linux driver were ceasing work on it in favor of starting up
| a new driver called ath5k using OpenHAL. Two of the key developers were also
| hired by Atheros, the wireless chipset company itself. Through these recent
| improvements, Atheros has went from a company being criticized for their lack
| of Linux support to one with impecable possibilities.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjYyMw
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