22 Dec
2014
22 Dec
'14
2:19 p.m.
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On 19 December 2014 at 22:07, Robert Peters
<robertpeters9(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Off the top of my head Ubuntu ships with non-free firmware by default and
allows insecure operations (such as using WEP--WEP is practically useless
and provides no real protection) by default. Debian has a more privacy-
and security-conscious stance, and does not ship non-free firmware by
default among other restrictions.
Personally I prefer the Debian approach, but that is due to my years of
experience with Linux and my preference to know of potential security
problems. Most users (including myself when I was just getting started so
long ago) instead find this frustrating and spend long hours with Google
trying to figure out why things are not working. ;-)
Tim
Hello,
My Lubuntu installation has been able to connect to a network secured
with WPA2 and to another with WEP. My TDE installation, from the
recent Exegnu live CD, can connect to the same WPA2 network but not to
the WEP one - the authentication fails. Right now the WEP network is
the only one available to me, and I hope to be able to use it to
upgrade TDE. Does the following info suggest anything?
<snip>
Ok, looks like no solution for this one. I've thought of 3 ways around
it:
- (using Lubuntu) manually fetch network-manager-tde and all its
dependencies and install them in my TDE installation, in hopes of
using it to make the connection.
- try to find a wired connection or a network that uses WPA.
- get the Ubuntu live CD, which looks more current than the Debian one
that I installed from.
Q: what is the effective difference between using the Debian and Ubuntu
distros?
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