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Broadcom Releases Source Code For Drivers

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Holy overstatement by JonJ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck no, don't say that. You'll get modded troll and flamebait. Because the open drivers always work and never fail. Ever. It just works(tm).(See what I did there?)

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