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Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 9, 2010 @07:40AM from the they-sure-get-my-goodwill dept.

I'm Not There (1956) writes "Broadcom, the world's largest manufacturer of Wi-Fi transceivers, open sources its Linux device drivers. This is a big win for Linux users, as there are a lot of users that face Wi-Fi problems when they use Linux on their laptops. With these device drivers now open source, distributions can ship them out-of-the-box, and that means no Linux Wi-Fi problems for new devices and upcoming distributions at all."

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Re:FP by oldspewey · 2010-09-09 07:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Take heart - you're still in the running for lamest post.

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Re:This is fantastic by grub · 2010-09-09 08:02 · Score: 3, Funny

I can partially blame the status of my hair on broadcom wireless cards.

Broadcom wireless cards made you get a Brazilian wax? Weird.

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Re:This is fantastic by Andrew+Cooper · 2010-09-09 08:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Well yeah. Getting a Brazilian was listed as an important step on the forum I was using to get my wireless card working. And I got it working so the wax job must have helped, right?