Fedora 11 release name
January 11th, 2009
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Ejecting X
January 10th, 2009
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Imagine the removal of X in favor of Wayland…. Some background info at Phoronix. Wayland git repository available here. Some Twitter chat on the subject here and here.
Categories: Linux and Open Source
Open Source Firmware for Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi chipsets
January 10th, 2009
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Yesterday Francesco Gringoli announced on the bcm43xx-dev mailing list that his group has developed working Open Source firmware for the Broadcom BCM43xx WiFi chipsets.
The firmware along with the instructions to build it from the assembly code using the tools developed by the b43 community can be found here
Given the troubles I had when trying to get the Broadcom WiFi in an Acer Ferrari laptop to work I fully concur with John Linville’s response on the mailing list: “I hereby declare this to be Fully Awesome! (TM)”
Categories: Linux and Open Source