Hi, I installed ubuntu server on a mac mini late 2012, and I have now (as expected) a problem with the firmware for the Broadcom network adapter / wifi card.

I could install those firmware quite easily with the package firmware-b43-installer but I obviously cannot use apt to download and install this package.

Then I thought to manually download the package from another computer and install it manually in Ubuntu. I saved the .deb into a USB stick and tried to install it, but this package depends on other packages that are not installed on the machine.

Then I thought "ok, I'll do the same for the dependencies and I will install the manually before install the firmware-b43-installer".

The problem is, of course, that also those packages depends on something else.

I don't think is a good idea to go down into the dependency hole and look manually for all the depndendencies of the dependencies... there is a more efficient way to do this? There is a way to download a package with its recursive dependencies?

Or somebody installed already Ubuntu (or a debian based distro) on a mac mini with Broadcom chip that can put me on the right direction?

Thanks a lot.

Recently, I ran out of mobile data on my phone, and I was forced to browse at a significantly reduced speed. It was so slow that it was practically unusable, except for messaging apps. So, I developed a platform in the form of a search engine that allows browsing and accessing information while exchanging a negligible amount of data. This way, even with very slow or unstable connections, it became possible to search something on Google and read content. It can be useful as an emergency search engine. However, I must mention that the project is still in the proof-of-concept stage and has many bugs. Nonetheless, it has already enabled me to browse and search for information several times. I would be curious to hear your feedback, and I would be glad if it proves useful to someone other than myself! Additionally, it's worth mentioning that the visited pages are also accessible offline.

Di recente ho finito il mio volume dati dal telefono ed ero costretto a navigare ad una velocità ridotta. Così ridotta che era praticamente impossibile da usare, a parte le app di messaggistica. Allora ho sviluppato una piattaforma, sotto forma di motore di ricerca, che permette di navigare ed ottenere informazioni scambiando una quantità di dati irrisoria, in modo che anche con connessioni molto lente o instabili fosse possibile cercare qualcosa su Google e riuscire a leggere dei contenuti. Può essere utile come motore di ricerca di emergenza. Ha ancora molti bug, ma mi ha già permesso diverse volte di navigare e cercare informazioni. Sarei curioso di sentire i vostri feedback e sarei contento se tornasse utile a qualcuno oltre che a me!

Sapete se esiste un servizio che fa questo? Ho appena finito i GB del mio piano tariffario e ho pensato di scrivere una piccola API che prende un URL come parametro, lo parsa e rimanda indietro solo una versione tipo quelle in "read mode" o ancora più basica, in modo da poter navigare anche con velocità ridotta.

Prima però volevo sapere se già esiste, così nel caso mi evito lo sbattimento di scriverlo io (anche se me lo immagino con 4-5 righe di codice)

Do you know any service that does that? Right now I have reached 5GB of my phone contract and I have to navigate with a very low speed. I was thinking to write a simple service that takes the URL as request and sends back the page but in read mode or in a very minimal way keeping focus only on the content. But I want to check if a service like this already exists.