-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Kevin Ross put forth on 12/21/2009 2:13 PM: > >> Many systems don't have wired Ethernet, but may have wireless. > > Most systems have wired ethernet. Few have _only_ wireless. Most laptops have > both. I'd venture to guess that the few that only have wireless are the tiny > netbooks. Actually, just checked at Bestbuy, and out of 74 netbook > make/models, > only the Nokias don't have wired ethernet, all the rest do. The Nokias forgo > a > wired controller chip for a 3G network chip/modem.
All this might be valid statistics, but they are beyond the point. The point in this thread is the question from a particular OP who does *not* have access to a wired network. *Period*. [snip] > As for the embedded stuff like arm, those aren't user PCs, so they don't count > in this thread. Why not? http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ This looks like a consumer PC, at least to me. > Finally, if people are smart, and plan before their purchase, they're going to > buy Debian supported hardware in the first place, so they don't run into this > issue. Which wireless is fully supported by debian and free software? I don't think there is *any* on the planet that works without proprietary, binary non-free code. - -- Johannes Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Burma, Liberia, and the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_units -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkswmxcACgkQC1NzPRl9qEWtegCcD0lYfWT3yhSfybN7bV9sjXLY kvcAnRy2r8qGK1NpD0Mk85Z7KOrCFoBQ =xUmS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org