[indiana-discuss] Test image for Preview 2

[David J. Orman]

Copying my post from osnews, as it is relevant:

Hi,

I've been using OSOL/Solaris for quite some time, and I applaud those who have made it possible. The progress is amazing, and I think you've peaked a lot of people's interest.

That said, I really hope you can release a version of OSOL that has working wireless on the majority of laptop adapters. Specifically, Intel wireless devices.

Support has been moving along, b79 added support for iwi + wpa (my situation.) However, from what I have read, due to export restrictions or some such, the crypto code necessary for anything beyond rc4 it's very unlikely you'll be able to connect to a WPA secured network.

Now, from what I've read, b82 integrated the necessary code to make wpa "work", so to speak. Again, this is only based on what I have read.

All of this said, when should I hope to be able to use wireless on wpa protected networks? Will it be functional in the "release" of OSOL/Indiana in March? The reason I ask (aside from the obvious desire of mine) is simply due to what I feel would be a big letdown for potential users who have picked up on the buzz. I've already talked a few buddies into checking out Indiana, but they all came back to me a day or two later to tell me they couldn't get wireless working, so they threw in the towel.

I really want OSOL to succeed, and I really feel this "sore" point (which seems to have already been sorted from what I read) needs to be fixed.

That, and the rendering in Firefox. Yikes, talk about jaggies. ;)

Thanks again for all of your great work, if you continue at the pace you're going, I think things are going to work out just fine!

Cheers,
David
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