Acer Aspire One UNE 10.04 torrent/connection bug

[Basil Chupin]

On 31/05/10 14:05, ABSDoug wrote:
> --- On Sun, 5/30/10, NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>  wrote:
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>> From: NoOp<glgxg at sbcglobal.net>
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>> Maybe installing
>> linux-backports-modules-wireless-lucid-generic might
>> help? (Don't know as I do not have the device).
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> What exactly is a "backport"?
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*Backporting* is the action of taking a certain software 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software> modification (patch 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_%28computing%29>) and applying it to 
an older version of the software than it was initially created for. It 
is part of the maintenance 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_maintenance> step in a software 
development process 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_development_process>.

The simplest and probably most common situation of backporting is a 
fixed security hole in a younger version 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version> of a piece of software. Consider 
this simplified example:


A quote from the Wikipedia.

BC



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