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| DATE | 2008-05-02 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] ASUS EEE PC Disk Space
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On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 05:47:31PM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> its using the Madwifi-NG driver
>
> its semi native but its partially closed source there is a GPL version
> being worked on.
> the madwifi-ng driver is kind of like a customized version of the ndis
> wrapper used to support windows wifi drivers, however it has a
> customized version of the firmware driver that allows it to integrate
> all of the extended features of the Atheros chipset with the Linux
> kernel.
> it was developed through a similar agreement to the one Microsoft made
> with the Samba group. They allowed the developer to see the source
> code of the windows driver including the "firmware" and make a custom
> version of the "firmware" file under the condition that he wouldn't
> show the source code of the "firmware" file to any one else.
>
I don't know what that means. It is just a wrapper for the Windows
binary? And why would MS suddenly cooperate with Linux users.
But most importantly, what aren't there any Free Software drivers for
any wireless cards yet?
Ruben
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:10 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 09:39:55AM -0400, Mark Simko wrote:
> > > BTW,
> > >
> > > I got one of those cloudbook thingies.
> > >
> > > I think it is great except for a very limited wireless range, which is a
> > > serious achilles heel.
> > >
> > > I took it apart yesterday, and added an antenna to the wireless card,
> > > but that only gave a slight improvement. I may have to use the windows
> > > drivers for the wireless card, which I really hate the idea of doing.
> > >
> >
> > I picked up a wireless connection yesterday right over the center of
> > the Manhattan bridge while on the subway. I thought that was cool.
> >
> > Does the ASUS use native wifi drivers?
> >
> >
> >
> > > Also, This cloudbook had gOS, but that got clobbered the other day. The
> > > update manager tried to install Ubuntu 8.04, and the kernel and image
> > > files were lost. I installed Ubuntu 8.04 from the alternative disk, now.
> > > Still some issues like getting sound working, but I like Ubuntu better
> > > than gOS anyway.
> > >
> > > I've been looking over some cool mods that some guys are doing to these
> > > things. I'm itching to change my screen over to a touch screen.
> > >
> >
> > I few weeks ago I published a company where you can buy a touch screen
> > that fits over the monitor. Nice device.
> >
> >
> > > Some guys are putting XP on their cloudbooks, but I just can't see it.
> > > Then you have to run antivirus, eventually get winrot, and have to
> > > reinstall again. Gotta keep in mind that these UMPC are niche devices,
> > > not general purpose.
> >
> > At this point I'm using the ASUS for near everything that I'd use a desktop for
> > but a few extra things as well, like using it as a mobile phone.
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> >
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 23:31 -0400, Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking at y EEE hard drive and it's very strange.
> > > >
> > > > It's a 2 gig drive. fdisk confirms it is a 2 gig drive and there
> > > > is a /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2
> > > >
> > > > df -h says that root partition has about 410 Megs and its nearly full
> > > >
> > > > mount says I have 3 patitions all mounted to / and that one is called
> > > > the unionfs
> > > >
> > > > What is unionfs
> > > >
> > > > When I mount /dev/sda2 by hand it is a dulicate of /dev/sda1
> > > >
> > > > wat the hell is going on here and where is my hard drive space?
> > > >
> > > > Ruben
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
> >
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> >
> > "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
> >
> > "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."
> >
> > "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
> > You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
> >
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http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
"Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
"The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our own society."
"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
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