[Assist] wireless drivers

Jorge Araya Navarro elcorreo at deshackra.com
Sun Dec 28 17:45:40 GMT 2014


I don't think such thing is even true...

Binh-Khoi Nguyen writes:

> I heard that sometimes the manufacturer blacklists wifi cards, allowing 
> you to only replace a wifi card with another one from the same 
> manufacturer. Is that true? How do you check whether it's the case for 
> your laptop?
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 01:46:31PM -0600, Jorge Araya Navarro wrote:
>>
>>Rill writes:
>>
>>> This seems odd to me. Doesn't freedom suggest I get to choose exceptions
>>> or to use my laptop away from  a wired internet connection?
>>
>>Well, no, freedom is the right to do what we ought. That kind of freedom you talk about is a misconception of
>>what freedom actually is.
>>
>>You could get a new wifi card that works with free drivers, take a look here[1] and be sure that is a piece of
>>hardware compatible with you laptop's socket (for laptops it is usual that the card is a mini-PCI, but should
>>check first your actual wifi card)
>>
>>[1]: https://h-node.org/wifi/catalogue/en/1/1/undef/undef/yes/mini-PCI-E/undef/undef
>>
>>I did this for my old laptop.
>>
>>-- 
>>Pax et bonum.
>>Jorge Araya Navarro.
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