Quote Originally Posted by gowator
The wifi problem is a special problem for opensource and is due to FCC regulations .. so dont blame linux blame your government regulators.
Most people choosing an OS don't care who's to blame - they only care what works. Blaming doesn't get anyone anywhere.

Besides, I don't buy it. There are drivers all over the place. In my case, it's a prism2 driver, which is one of the more common ones out there for linux. What's more, the driver is sitting right there on the Knoppix disk, but Knoppix is looking for it in the wrong place and can't find it. I've posted this bug for three revisions straight. You may not think it's a big deal, because you can edit, recompile, remaster, what have you. But people who need wi-fi won't bother unless they're hacking for a hobby.

Excuses are for losers, and the linux community needs to decide whether or not it's satisfied with pointing fingers and making excuses, or whether it wants the OS to reach its potential.