"Who is tethered to a cable any more?" o_O
I tried wireless when consumer products started to come out back in 2004-2006 but it was hopeless, even on Windows XP, eventually ended up putting cat6 throughout the whole house. No more drop outs or "why is my internets so slow" :) So yeah, I guess I'm still "tethered" to cable, and I personally prefer it. "if Ordinary Joe has to go through this much trouble" Ordinary Joe shouldn't, could you imagine ordinary joe installing wireless drivers on Windows? Most people buy their computers with the operating system and hardware already installed and working, and there is a large industry around "tech experts" to come out and setup the rest. I know because I used to be one, a frequent call out would be to install Microsoft Office or "setup the wireless." "Vista's big, big problem for Ordinary Joes was that drivers didn't work. Mac savaged them in advertising." Steve Jobs solved that problem by taking Unix and putting it on a specific set of hardware, thus taking away the driver issue. I don't see Canonical doing this so that's not a valid solution to our problem. "Is there any ultimate solution to the problem of wireless adapters and Ubuntu?" It's a chicken and egg situation, there's no demand so there's no software, there's no software because there's no demand, all you can do is continue to send emails to your hardware's manufacturer asking them to support linux, and look for hardware that is compatible with linux, giving an incentive to the company's who do support linux, thus solving the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779484 Title: Ralink 5390 wireless driver not included in Natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/779484/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
