CNet:
Although the Linux support software for Centrino is working at Intel’s labs, it hasn’t been fully tested and full completion of the project hinges on the timing of requirements from computer makers, company spokesman Scott McLaughlin said Monday.
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Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel hasn’t yet decided whether to release its Linux work for Centrino as open-source software, McLaughlin said.
Message to Intel: Submit a patch to the kernel and please please please release your other drivers as open source. The flavor isn’t as important as people think. Just make sure that it’s some sort of free and get it out there. You’ll thank yourselves later.