[Bug 496093] Re: [lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks

[Elton Woo]

@ Ricardo Salvetri: I would like to add my voice in saying "thank you"
for your work on the kernel.

@Jeremy Foshee: From your comments, would I be correct for me to
understand that you are one of the team who will make the final decision
before Lucid goes gamma? FWIW: I am one of those Asus EEE user mentioned
by Michal Pěnka. Intially,  thought that the problem was merely with the
WPA supplicant, or just the drivers ... and *only with Lucid*.

However, I also downloaded and tried other distros (as live CD's), such
as: Mandriva, Easy Peasy, EEEbuntu, Knoppix, and even Fedora. The
problem was / is consistent across all these distros.

Further investigation led me to this forum, and I felt some hope that
the next release of ubuntu would be something 'for the masses'. Ubuntu
has established justly-deserved reputation for being a very user-
friendly distro.

As an 'end user' two things attracted me to Ubuntu:

1) The end of the 'dependencies nightmare' that invariably occurred with
rpm distros, thanks to debian and apt / synaptic.

2) Ease of use: no beating my head against a wall to install drivers for
peripherals. Everything "just works". The only 'hard work' for the end
user is installation, and some basic configuration: internet, and
personal preferences.

If the other distros' current betas 'go gold' with a _properly patched
kernel_, it will look very bad for Canonical / Ubuntu.

I am no 'coder / programmer'. I confess that my desire to see Ubuntu's
LUCID come out "looking good" is probably due to the fact that they are
headquartered in Montreal ...so my enthusiasm for this distro is
somewhat tainted with a bit of 'Canadian pride'.

IMVHO, it would preferable for Ubuntu to delay the release another few
days ...or even a week, rather than have 'egg on their faces'.

... just my two canuck cents worth ...

respectfully...

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[lucid] rt2860 frequently fails to connect to mixed mode WPA/WPA2 secured wireless networks
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496093
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