Am Dienstag, 5. August 2008 schrieb jaromil: > re all, > Hi jaromil, > On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:36:14PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > Eh, yes, but kernel-module "ath5k" is still buggy (Bug #1542: cannot > > get an IP with dhcp) now for almost half a year - and no one seem to > > care. > > i can confirm this is no longer the case. ath5k works, you can refer > to Jeff Moe's development on freeeee, rpms published at: >
Oh, cool ! I will test it and then close the Bug. Great stuff !!! Thanks for the advice ! > http://www.freeeee.org/i386/RPMS.FREEEEE/ > > > So I think, its is not quite a good idea, to use "ath5k" on an > > installation media, especially for non experienced users. > > it is not about an "idea", but about using or not free software: i > think debian developers are so concerned about such policy that this > cannot even be a debate. > Yes, I am strictly confirming it. FOSS should always be chosen, whenever it is available ! This is the main reason, why I chose the Debian distribution for myself: There is no commercial distributor behind Debian (like Redhat, SuSE, Mandriva or Ubuntu). It is real free - the last bastion ! > ciao > > -- > Jaromil, dyne.org developer, http://jaromil.dyne.org > > GPG: 779F E8B5 47C7 3A89 4112 64D0 7B64 3184 [ B534 0B5E ] Cheers Hans -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
