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It's official: Nokia’s Booklet 3G hates Linux.

Submitted by acurrie on Friday 29th of January 2010 07:00:03 PM Filed under
Hardware

I highly doubt that Nokia specifically sought out the awful GMA 500 for their netbook. This is but one of many cautionary tales on the dangers of outsourcing components. Company outsources chips to save money, supplier provides chips but not source code for drivers, Linux community suffers. Lather, rinse and repeat.

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