> If a tool needs something to perform one of its functions it needs it. > There isn't a "anaconda-no-wireless" package, etc. > > > This speaks deeply to a cultural understanding as to what the concept > of networking is. > > It seems obvious there are people who would like to consider wireless > as "optional." as this is an historic artifact of how networking tech > has developed over time. I wonder, have we reached the point where > other people have started to consider a wired network "optional" as > well? > > -jef > > > > This is a good question. Laptops are becoming the norm if not already so, > add "smart devices" and wireless is looking more like the standard rather > than exception. We are not there quite yet though. > > To most (almost all) desktop users, wireless packages are superfluous. That > is generally not the case with a laptop user. As long as they have the > hardware to support both, they will continue to need (want) both. So no, I > do not believe we've reached a point where wired would be concidered > optional, not yet anyway. I would agree, just about all NetBooks (possibly all) still come with wired ethernet ports and given their price point I would expect that that platform to be the one to drop the wired ports first. Also a nummber of other devices that have only wireless still support usb ethernet out of the box to provide wired support. Peter -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
