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the initial release of a fully-open Linux driver
BREAKING: BROADCOM OPEN SOURCES WIRELESS DRIVERS
This is awesome news because Broadcoms are the most popular chips. Soon Broadcom users will be ...
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Broadcom would like to announce
the initial release of a fully-open Linux driver
BREAKING: BROADCOM OPEN SOURCES WIRELESS DRIVERS
This is awesome news because Broadcoms are the most popular chips. Soon Broadcom users will be able to use their devices right out of the box with Linux.
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This is awesome news!
May have taken them a while, but still, good job Broadcom.
Straight from the horses mouth (so to speak): '[ANN] Full-source Broadcom wireless driver for 11n chips' - MARCLast edited by darkrose0510; 09-10-2010 at 04:23 AM.
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I was very happy to read this myself, although I just recently upgraded my hardware anyway >,<
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Good news.
I wonder if it was the latest comment that talked turkey which persuaded them.
b43" - Linux Wireless
On the other hand, this is a different device. So be sure you buy the right oneBroadcom has elected to create their own proprietary driver possibly due to various portable computer manufacturers like Dell including Broadcom's wireless chipsets in their devices. [...]
Any potential unsupported Broadcom wireless owners should note that if they would want native linux driver support should seek another wireless chipset manufacturer apart from Broadcom to alleviate this issue. Debian GNU/Linux -- You know you want it.
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Does this mean I don't have to get a refund on the Belkin N+N300 USB adapter I bought yesterday?
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Is it a Broadcom? It might be awhile before the official drivers make it into the kernel tree.
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I'm not a wireless user myself, but this is great news for those that are as wireless always seems to be one of the biggest hurdles for new Linux users.
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This is great!
Glad to see them finally opening up!Jay
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That was pretty harsh, I liked it! I think comments like that would affect my business decisions in a timely manner too. I secretly wonder if all this has anything to do with Microsoft's new "We Love Linux" campaign. But as long as they are opening up, I'm happy about it. Originally Posted by GNU-Fan Good news.
I wonder if it was the latest comment that talked turkey which persuaded them.
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In another link I found:
Broadcom Releases Open Source Wireless Drivers - Linux Magazine OnlineCanonical has plans to incorporate the driver into Ubuntu 10.10 and may port the driver back into 10.4.I do not respond to private messages asking for Linux help, Please keep it on the forums only.
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