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Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi)
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Pierre Neidhardt |
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Re: Installation: Load non-free wifi firmware (iwlwifi) |
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Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:44:00 +0530 |
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> "The trouble with firmware" by Jake Edge, January 5, 2011
> https://lwn.net/Articles/421680/
Interesting article. I share similar views and I believe that making
proprietary code hard to proliferate is laudable. See the GPL license.
I'm not completely convince how Linux-libre would work towards that end
though.
That said, I'm now stuck with an iwlwifi card and I have to live with
that much backward practices.
> As Ludo mentioned elsewhere, using a dongle is one good option. What
> prevents you from using a dongle?
A nit, really, but I have an rather extreme life-style that pushes me to
travel as lightweight as possible. A dongle is not much for sure, but
if I can I'd rather avoid it.
The other issue is that when I initially wrote this e-mail I could not
buy one and could not even order online. Not a problem anymore for now.
Being even more picky, dongles have drawbacks:
- They occupy a USB port (I have only 2).
- They stick out... :p
> https://minifree.org/
Thanks for the link, I did not know about it. Very nice initiative.
I am now running the ultra-thin laptop Xiaomi Air 13, which, beside the
non-free iwlwifi card, is an excellent piece of hardware in my opinion.
Way ahead of the offers on minifree. I wish there would be something
similar and a 100% free. Anyone aware of such a machine?
--
Pierre Neidhardt
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