Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-04-01 Thread Brian
On Sun 02 Apr 2017 at 01:56:22 +1300, cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 07:13:26PM +, Brian wrote: > > Apropos nothing. Columbus knew exactly where he was going and why. He > > just didn't get there. The exact route he took didn't exist (or maybe > > philosohically

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-04-01 Thread David Wright
On Sun 02 Apr 2017 at 01:56:22 (+1300), cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 07:13:26PM +, Brian wrote: > > Apropos nothing. Columbus knew exactly where he was going and why. He > > just didn't get there. The exact route he took didn't exist (or maybe > > philosohically

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-04-01 Thread cbannister
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 07:13:26PM +, Brian wrote: > Apropos nothing. Columbus knew exactly where he was going and why. He > just didn't get there. The exact route he took didn't exist (or maybe > philosohically it did but hadn't been travelled). But it was planned > using the Google

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Mar 2017 at 17:02:04 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 16 March 2017 20:08:16 Brian wrote: > > and we are told > > it is not the purpose of this list to answer practical problems by > > by guiding people to it. :) > > Oh, come Brian. We are also told that it is not the purpose of

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Mar 2017 at 10:46:57 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 20:08:16 (+), Brian wrote: > > > > There was never had any reason to disagree with the analysis. The > > queries starting this subthread > > > > > Is it just me, or are the "unofficial" images hard to get to?

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 16 March 2017 20:08:16 Brian wrote: > and we are told > it is not the purpose of this list to answer practical problems by > by guiding people to it. :) Oh, come Brian. We are also told that it is not the purpose of Debian to pander to freaks and Geeks. We are told that the moon is

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-17 Thread David Wright
On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 20:08:16 (+), Brian wrote: > On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 12:04:14 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 14:05:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:52:00PM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > > > Brian: > > > > > > > > > Documentation

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-16 Thread Brian
On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 12:04:14 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 14:05:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:52:00PM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > > Brian: > > > > > > > Documentation dispels ignorance. Dispelling ignorance requires the > > > >

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-16 Thread David Wright
On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 14:05:17 (+0100), to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:52:00PM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > > Brian: > > > > > Documentation dispels ignorance. Dispelling ignorance requires the > > > co-operation of the user. > > :-) > > > To recapitulate, the purpose of

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
David Wright wrote: >But irrespective of that, it would be sensible to make it as easy to >get from page A to http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/ >without any right clicking or rubbing out, in the event that you get >drawn down this path. Whether that's a small proportion

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-16 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:52:00PM +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > Brian: > > > Documentation dispels ignorance. Dispelling ignorance requires the > > co-operation of the user. :-) > To recapitulate, the purpose of the list as I understand it is not to

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-16 Thread GiaThnYgeia
Brian: > Documentation dispels ignorance. Dispelling ignorance requires the > co-operation of the user. To a well educated ms-windows or apfel-widows to try out and see whether they can live with debian, do you propose a couple of years of studying before they even try a live version? When one

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-16 Thread Brian
On Thu 16 Mar 2017 at 03:19:00 +, GiaThnYgeia wrote: > Brian: > > It is also just as easy to find > > https://www.debian.org/CD/ > > and then > > https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > > which leads to > > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/ > > But he already

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-15 Thread GiaThnYgeia
Brian: > It is also just as easy to find > https://www.debian.org/CD/ > and then > https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > which leads to > http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/ But he already mentioned this link > without any right clicking or rubbing out. > What rules

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-15 Thread David Wright
On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 20:27:08 (+), Brian wrote: > On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 13:44:39 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > (Posted to debian-www as well.) > > > > On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 12:21:14 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > > Is it just me, or are the "unofficial" images hard to get to? For

Re: Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-15 Thread Brian
On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 13:44:39 -0500, David Wright wrote: > (Posted to debian-www as well.) > > On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 12:21:14 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > Is it just me, or are the "unofficial" images hard to get to? For example > > the FAQ says "Sometimes, someone is kind enough to

Finding firmware (and SHA sums etc), was Re: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Arch Linux recognize my Acer Aspire S wifi, debian does not

2017-03-15 Thread David Wright
(Posted to debian-www as well.) On Wed 15 Mar 2017 at 12:21:14 (-0500), Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > Is it just me, or are the "unofficial" images hard to get to? For example > the FAQ says "Sometimes, someone is kind enough to create unofficial > non-free CDs. If you cannot find any links on this