Unusability of bluetooth is one of the worst plagues in Ubuntu

[Thomas Ward]

Phill hit it on the nose.

But what we also need to note is that the "Bluetooth" bugs have different "levels" of dev experience needed to fix.

For new Bluetooth hardware, Linux drivers might not exist, or be obsolete.  A kernel dev might need to go in and either fix existing open source drivers, or have to wait for the manufacturer to release Linux drivers, or for the community to make open source ones.

I don't think Bluetooth on its own is papercuts-worthy.  The software that uses Bluetooth drivers and cards might be, but not the lack of hardware drivers and similar issues.

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Thomas

*Sent from my phone.  Please excuse any typos, as they are likely to happen by accident.*

> On Dec 26, 2013, at 14:11, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at PhillW.net> wrote:
> 
> Chris, 
> 
> you read my mind :)
> 
> But, paper cuts do need people to solve them. Were ubuntu (and linux in general) have enough developers and coders then we would be about a decade forward to where we are currently owing to 'secrecy' and the new toy... 'patent'. 
> 
> Totally off topic, but people such as http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315 made things happen. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Phill.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 26 December 2013 18:36, chris hermansen <clhermansen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe it would be possible to qualify this Bluetooth business for "hundred paper cuts" treatment...
>> 
>> > > I don't expect my anger to get anybody anywhere but I was trying to
>> > > give a suggestion. IIUC, The QA list is meant to discuss what actions
>> > > could be taken to improve Ubuntu quality, right? Among which, which
>> > > categories of bugs may need serious attention.
>> 
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