[Assist] wireless drivers

[Binh-Khoi Nguyen]

I've seen it mentioned by lots of people on the triquel forums.

For, example:
https://trisquel.info/en/forum/where-can-i-buy-liberated-wifi-card

If you can confirm that it's actually not true, then I'll try to get my 
wifi card replaced :)

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 11:45:40AM -0600, Jorge Araya Navarro wrote:
>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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>-- 
>Pax et bonum.
>Jorge Araya Navarro.
>ES: Diseñador Publicitario, Programador Python y colaborador en Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
>EN: Ads Designer, Python programmer and contributor Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
>EO: Anonco grafikisto, Pitino programalingvo programisto kai kontribuanto en Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
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