> the tricky part of my search for ideal adapter(needn't non-free firmware)
> isthat many vendors claim they support linux, but i'm afraid they require
> non-free firmware
> is there some easy way to find out if it requires non-free firmware?
Buy it from a place that did this job for you.
E.g.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 08:09:07PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
[...]
> > They're not even free
> > to rebuild the firmware and verify that it matches the official binary.
> > All they can do is look at the code and hope that the binary blob actually
> > matches it.
>
> Unless I'm missing
On Vi, 23 iul 21, 13:15:46, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 08:09:07PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > Unless I'm missing something (which is very much possible, I'm way out
> > of my depth here) rebuilding to verify it matches the official binary
> > should still be possible.
>
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 08:09:07PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Unless I'm missing something (which is very much possible, I'm way out
> of my depth here) rebuilding to verify it matches the official binary
> should still be possible.
>
> Care to elaborate on why you think this would be a
On Vi, 23 iul 21, 07:17:31, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 10:20:00AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On the other hand, if the device would accept only firmware signed by
> > the manufacturer the code itself could be open sourced.
> >
> > Users would still depend on the
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 10:20:00AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On the other hand, if the device would accept only firmware signed by
> the manufacturer the code itself could be open sourced.
>
> Users would still depend on the manufacturers to actually release
> updates, but at least they
On Vi, 23 iul 21, 17:11:25, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
>
> Thanks, as most adapters require firmware, it's not handy for user to
> supply them during installation
> can't debian do a better job? i care more about ease of use than
> freeware philosophymany other distro just supply them
On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 05:11:25PM +0800, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
>
> Thanks, as most adapters require firmware, it's not handy for user to supply
> them during installation
> can't debian do a better job? i care more about ease of use than freeware
> philosophymany other distro just
loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
>
> Thanks, as most adapters require firmware, it's not handy for user to supply
> them during installation
> can't debian do a better job? i care more about ease of use than freeware
> philosophymany other distro just supply them
If all distros were the same,
Thanks, as most adapters require firmware, it's not handy for user to supply
them during installation
can't debian do a better job? i care more about ease of use than freeware
philosophymany other distro just supply them
these non-free firmware are same as software without source code??
On Jo, 22 iul 21, 04:33:09, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Thursday 22 July 2021 00:58:23 loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
>
> > Thank Georgi!
> > the tricky part of my search for ideal adapter(needn't non-free
> > firmware) isthat many vendors claim they support linux, but i'm afraid
> > they require
Thank Gene, i'd better give up search for ideal wireless adapter
my old pci wireless adapter needn't non-free firmware, but new adapter need, as
Andrew has said
On Thursday 22 July 2021 00:58:23 loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
> Thank Georgi!
> the tricky part of my search for ideal adapter(needn't non-free
> firmware) isthat many vendors claim they support linux, but i'm afraid
> they require non-free firmware is there some easy way to find out if
> it
Thank Georgi!
the tricky part of my search for ideal adapter(needn't non-free firmware)
isthat many vendors claim they support linux, but i'm afraid they require
non-free firmware
is there some easy way to find out if it requires non-free firmware?
On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:47:21 +0800
wrote:
> Windows is better supported because many vendors claim they support
> Windows from winxp to win10they don't mention linux
>
This is because all PC hardware is *designed* to work with current,
recent and near-future versions of Windows, because the
Christian Britz wrote:
On Windows, everything regarding the driver is non-free, not only the
firmware.
Personally I can live with non-free firmware and have always enabled this.
Windows is better supported because many vendors claim they support Windows
from winxp to win10they don't mention
At 20.07.21 11:01 loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
Thank Andrew, Stefan and nick!
i prefer old wifi adapter if new one often requires non-free firmware
it seems that Windows is better supported than linux in this aspect
On Windows, everything regarding the driver is non-free, not only the
Thank Andrew, Stefan and nick!
i prefer old wifi adapter if new one often requires non-free firmware
it seems that Windows is better supported than linux in this aspect
finding my ideal adapter with right interface isn't easy
(usb is preferred, some pci card can't be install in my PC)
finding them
loushanguan2...@sina.com [2021-07-19 20:32:39] wrote:
> i've found some adapter with search enginehopefully it can be installed in
> debian without firmware from non-free
AFAIK there is currently no wifi card that supports 11ac and for which
there exists a non-proprietary firmware.
On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 08:32:39PM +0800, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
> Thanks, mick!
> i've found some adapter with search enginehopefully it can be installed in
> debian without firmware from non-free
>
It's fairly unlikely that any modern adapter will work with no non-free
firmware:
Thanks, mick!
i've found some adapter with search enginehopefully it can be installed in
debian without firmware from non-free
On 2021-07-19 08:46, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
i hate to install firmware from non-free sectionin some instances free
adapter perform better than non-free one
i browse some e-shop, some vendor claim that you needn't driver for
their adapter installationi guess driver is included somewhere
On 7/19/21 10:46 AM, loushanguan2...@sina.com wrote:
>
> i hate to install firmware from non-free section
> in some instances free adapter perform better than non-free one
>
> i browse some e-shop, some vendor claim that you needn't driver for
> their adapter installation
> i guess driver is
i hate to install firmware from non-free sectionin some instances free adapter
perform better than non-free one
i browse some e-shop, some vendor claim that you needn't driver for their
adapter installationi guess driver is included somewhere in adapter, vendor say
they can be installed in
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