I upgraded my Dapper and imagine my surprise...

[Lee Revell]

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 09:42 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> > You're right, for now it's not too bad because most people only run
> one
> > proprietary driver (nvidia).  But if vendors start to get the idea
> that
> > people are OK with proprietary drivers, next year you'll need one
> for
> > your soundcard AND network adapter and wireless and everything else.
> 
> You already do.  I think you'll find very nearly as many people
> running
> binary wireless drivers through ndiswrapper as running native
> drivers. 

The Linux developers are fighting this tooth and nail, and succeeding
(there's a native Broadcom wireless driver now).  It's sad to see that
users are so quick to give up their freedom.

The "Free" in "free software" refers to liberty, not "doesn't cost
anything".

Lee