[Assist] wireless drivers

[Binh-Khoi Nguyen]

Thanks for your reply. According to Chris from ThinkPenguin, this 
practice has become quite common unfortunately for mainstream 
manufacturers.

I already use a USB one, I was just wondering whether I could replace 
the Wifi card. I'll do my own research then :)

Thanks for all your replies!

On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 01:33:01AM -0600, Isaac David Reyes González wrote:
>The much beloved Thinkpads X60 and T60 from 200{6,7} that are able to run
>Libreboot are one example of laptops that refuse to work with different PCI
>WiFi chips, by default. The blacklisting occurs at the BIOS, so replacing it
>with Libreboot is what allows in the first place to use another card that will
>work with free software.
>
>It really depends on the laptop but I don't think this practice is ubiquitous.
>As ingegnue, I can only recommend doing your own research, or buying one of the
>USB (instead of PCI) dongles that work with free software to avoid further
>hassle. The USB ones are guaranteed to work with any laptop, the ones that work
>with free software (as found on aforementioned links) are guaranteed to work
>under any kernel Linux, libre or not. Take the intersection and those are the
>cards that will work on 100% free GNU/Linux distros like Parabola, regardless
>of laptop models.
>
>On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:25 PM, ingegnue <ingegnue at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>    It depends. Mine, from 2009, gave me no trouble. Newer ones might though.
>    Perhaps research will do, or perhaps just try it and return it if the card
>    is rejected. Or buy a USB one.
>
>    On December 28, 2014 12:52:35 PM EST, Binh-Khoi Nguyen <khoi at member.fsf.org
>    > wrote:
>    >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.
>    >>>>
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