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Re: AntiX wifi

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On 2016-10-30, Skippy Fandango <skippyfandango@ultvok.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2016 07:20:55 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:
>
>> Mike Easter wrote:
>>> I'm trying to get antiX 16 wifi up on an Acer AO722 (cpu AMD C-60, 4G
>>> ram) which has wifi Atheros chipset and driver ath9k.
>> 
>> I solved my antiX wifi problem.
>> 
>> I created an (another) antiX USB stick using a live antiX's antiX2usb 
>> tool which has options to provide antiX-type persistence.
>> 
>> With persistence, I was able to get the wifi configuration saved so that 
>> it could come up on live boot.
>
> Sounds like massive kludge.
> But then again so is Linux.

Part of the "fun" of using Linux is figuring out how to make Linux work 
with simple things like WiFi or Bluetooth. That's one reason why it 
attracts geeks. Most non-geek people just want to get their work done in 
the most effcient manner possible. Linux fails that criteria badly.

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Re: AntiX wifi Skippy Fandango <skippyfandango@ultvok.org> - 2016-10-30 10:29 -0400
  Re: AntiX wifi Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-30 14:37 +0000
    Re: AntiX wifi Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 09:06 -0700
  Buh bye Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-30 12:40 -0400
    Re: Buh bye Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-30 18:39 +0000
    Re: Buh bye GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-10-30 21:44 -0600
    Re: Buh bye Skippy Fandango <skippyfandango@ultvok.org> - 2016-10-31 21:21 -0400
      Re: Buh bye Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-11-01 01:33 +0000

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